My ship? Poseidon Lord, who sets the earth a-tremble, broke it up on the rocks at your land's end. A wind from seaward served hi
m, drove us there. We are survivors, these good men and I.' What motivates Odysseus to tell a lie to the Cyclops? A) Odysseus knows that Poseidon is the Cyclops’ father.
B) Odysseus is afraid the Cyclops will steal their ship.
C) Odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape.
D) Odysseus does not know what has happened to his ship.
The correct answer is C) Odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape.
Explanation:
When Odysseus and his friends returned from the Trojan War, they faced the Cyclops. He told to the Cyclops that he was called "Nobody" and that lie makes them think that nobody had hurt Polyphemus the Cyclops.
