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The Odyssey Book 9
In Book 9 of The Odyssey Odysseus and his comrades meet the terriable Cyclops, "Son of Posidean"
What is the effect of the lotus plant?
It's a plant so delicious that it made the soldiers forget about all there troubles and not even want to leave and go home.
How Heavy is the door of the Cyclops' cave?
It was literally a huge bolder, it was said to be so heavy that not even 22 strong four-wheeled wagons couldn't move it.
What is the first villainous thing the cyclops does?
He eats 2 of Odysseus's men.
Why doesn't Odysseus kill the cyclops when he has the chance?
Because if he killed him in his sleep there would be no way out of the cave.
What does Odysseus give the cyclops as a gift?
He gave the cyclops wine, so as to get him drunk when which Odysseus and his men blinded the cyclops.
What gift does the cyclops give in return?
He said that he would eat all of his men while he watched and save Odysseus for last.
What does Odysseus tell the cyclops his name is?
How do Odysseus and his men sneak out of the cyclops' cave?
They tied themselves underneath the sheep as they so left the cave so that the blind cyclops would not feel them leave the cave.
What foolish thing does Odysseus do?
He taunts the cyclops after they leave the island and makes the cyclops mad.
What did a soothsayer once predict would happen to the cyclops?
That he would lose his sight by a man named Odysseus.
What does the Cyclops ask his father Poseison to do for him?
That Odysseus may never reach his home alive, or if he must go back to his friends at least, let them do so late and in poor plight after losing all of his men reach his home in another man's ship and find trouble in his house. This is what the cyclops prayed to Poseidon.
Noman "No Man"