Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.My heart beat high now at the chance of action,and drawing the sharp sword from my hip I wentalong his flank to stab him where the midriffholds the liver. I had touched the spotwhen sudden fear stayed me: if I killed himwe perished there as well, for we could nevermove his ponderous doorway slab aside.So we were left to groan and wait for morning.What prevents Odysseus from killing the sleeping Cyclops

Answer 1

Odysseus refrains from killing the cyclops because he and his crew wouldn’t be able to move the slab in the doorway and escape. they’d be trapped there