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...In his next adventure, Odysseus describes his 

encounter with the Cyclops named Polyphemus, 

Poseidon's one-eyed monster son. Polyphemus 

may represent the brute forces that any hero 

must overcome before he can reach home.

Now Odysseus must rely on the special 

intelligence associated with his name. 

Odysseus is the cleverest of the Greek heros 

because he is guided by the goddess of 

wisdom, Athena. 

It is Odysseus's famed curiosity that leads him to 

the Cyclops cave and that makes him insist on 

waiting for the barbaric giant.... 

Polyphemus entered the cave with his sheep and we 

scattered fast to the far wall. 

After Polyphemus entered the cave, he rolled a 

huge rock over the doorway. And then he did 

some chores. When all these chores were 

done, he poked the fire, heaping on 

brushwood. In the glare of the fire, he saw 

them. 'Strangers,' he said, 'who are you? And 

where from? What brings you here by seaway-

-a fair traffic? Or are you wandering rogues, 

who cast your lives like dice, and ravage other 

folks by sea?

 They told polyphemus that they were from Troy, and 

why they were there. They also told polyphemus  that 

he should be treating them with proper hospitality, and 

when they said that, polyphemus got angry because the 

Cyclopes don't listen to the other god's and so they 

don't really believe in proper hospitality. 

Polyphemus  then picked up two of Odysseus's men and 

started beating their brains out by smashing them on 

the floor, then he ate them. Then he fell asleep. Just as 

he fell asleep Odysseus drew out his sword and was 

going to kill polyphemus. But then odysseus realized, if 

he killed polyphemus now, who would move the huge 

boulder from the doorway? So they waited dreadfully 

until the morning. 

When the morning came, polyphemus did some more 

chores, and then just as he was leaving the cave, he 

picked up a few more men and ate them. Then on his 

way out he closed the big rock on the door behind them. 

After polyphemus left the cave, Odysseus came up with 

a plan... Odysseus and his men were going to make a 

stake to stab polyphemus in the eye. So they made a 

stake with a point at the end. And they held it in the fire 

to toughen it. Then they hid it, in the back of the 

cavern. 

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