Question

How does Odysseus regard the Cyclops based on the description in lines 56-67 of book 9? What does this description reveal about Odysseus values as well as the values of the ancient Greeks?

Answer 1

Odysseus sees the Cyclops as lazy and ungoverned. He observes that they don't do anything to the land, they just let crops grow "untended", that they do not have any sort of meetings or gatherings, and deal with themselves and their families however they want to.

This shows that order, organization, and work ethic are important to Odysseus and the Greeks. You can tell this by the way they see the cyclops as monsters because of their lack of those things.