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Who does Odysseus pray to for support to defeat the cyclops?
Thinking there is nobody to fight, the Cyclopes leave, telling him to pray to Poseidon. How do Odysseus and his men escape? (Lines 371-420) How does Odysseus fact to his success?
Who does Odysseus pray for?
He imagines (20.105) that she recognizes him and that they are together at last. Odysseus prays to Zeus for a sign of support and is answered by a thunderclap. This day is a special holiday on Ithaca, a festal celebration in honor of Apollo, god of archery.
Who does Odysseus pray to for help with his plan?
Promise of success and a favorable response to Odysseus’ prayers to Athena.
What did Odysseus do to escape the cyclops?
When morning comes, Odysseus and his men escape from the cave, unseen by the blind Polyphemus, by clinging to the bellies of the monster’s sheep as they go out to graze. Safe on board their ships and with Polyphemus’s flock on board as well, Odysseus calls to land and reveals his true identity.
What does Cyclops ask for in his prayer to Poseidon?
This is to ensure that Poseidon’s curse falls precisely on the right man. After Odysseus and his men trick and then blind the Cyclops Polyphemus, he prays to his father, Poseidon, the god of the sea and earthquakes, and asks him to put a curse on Odysseus and his men.
What do odysseus’men want to do after they first enter the cyclops’cave?
What do Odysseus’ men want to do after they first enter the Cyclops’ cave? Nice work! You just studied 22 terms! Now up your study game with Learn mode.
How did Odysseus tell the story to the Phaeacians?
Here is how Odysseus tells the story to the Phaeacians: so the eye of the Cyclops sizzled round that stake! A vivid passage: We feel we’re there with them. The Cyclops cries out in pain, and his friends—fellow Cyclopes—ask what’s bothering him.
How did Polyphemus tell Odysseus he was a cyclops?
As a Cyclops, he has one round eye in the middle of his forehead. He enters the cave with his flocks, closes the entrance of the cave with a huge stone so large, the poet tells us, that 22 wagons couldn’t budge it. Polyphemus, as soon as he notices Odysseus and his men, asks who they are; bad manners.
What did Odysseus say about who got the better of him?
“If anyone asks who got the better of you,” says Odysseus, “who shamed you, tell them it was Odysseus, son of Laertes, from Ithaca.” “If anyone asks who got the better of you,” says Odysseus, “who shamed you, tell them it was Odysseus, son of Laertes, from Ithaca.”