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The Cyclops
The Odyssey, by Homer, is an action packed epic poem and is one of
the most famous in Greek literature. It describes the adventures of a great
warrior called Odysseus, thus, the name of the epic. Odysseus faces many
enemies throughout The Odyssey one of them being, the Cyclops, also
known as Polyphemus. He is a colossal, one-eyed monster who lives alone
in a cave, leading an unsop ....
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.... torturing. "Three bowls I brought him and he poured them down". Also, the Cyclops leaves Odysseus and his men, who were complete strangers to him, alone in his dwelling when he goes out with his sheep. The Cyclops is cool because he can be easily fooled into doing things for people, for his stupidity and gullibility is evident.
The Cyclops is uncivilized and is concerned only about himself. For
example, he violently eats two of Odysseus's men for no reason at all. "He
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