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Odysseus blinds the cyclopes by putting a giant stick in his one eye.

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Q: How did Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops?
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How do Odysseus and his men hurt the Cyclops?

They poke him in his only eye and blind him.


What do Odysseus and his men find in a cave?

Odysseus and his men find the Cyclops Polyphemus in a cave. The Cyclops traps them inside and proceeds to eat some of the men before Odysseus devises a plan to blind Polyphemus and escape.


How Odysseus manages to escape death?

In The Cyclops, when he and his men are trapped in Polyphemus's cave, Odysseus stabs him in the eye to blind him. Once he is blinded he ties his men and himself to the Cyclops animals and when the Cyclops lets the animals outside they escape.


Were cyclops blind?

No, they had one eye. Odysseus and his men ran a pole into the only eye of Polyphemus, so he went blind.


In mythologly Odysseus and his men escape the cave of the cyclops polyphermus when they make him drunk and blind him?

yes


What does Odysseus do to the cyclops?

Odysseus blinds the cyclops Polyphemus by driving a wooden stake into his eye while he is asleep. This allows Odysseus and his men to escape from the cyclops's cave, but it also incurs the wrath of Poseidon, the father of the cyclops.


How does Odysseus lose six men in the land of the cyclops?

The Cyclops ate Odysseus' men.


Why does Odysseus blind instead of kill the cyclops when he has a chance?

Blinding the cyclops instead of killing it allows Odysseus and his men to escape undetected, as they can only be released from the cave by the cyclops. If they had killed the cyclops, they would have been trapped in the cave with no way out. Blinding the cyclops is a strategic move to ensure their own safety and freedom.


What did the cyclops do to Odysseus' men?

He ate Odysseus's men.


What is the name of the cyclops that Odysseus and men run into?

Polyphemus is the name of the giant cyclops that Odysseus and his men encounter.


What three things did Odysseus and his men do to escape from the Cyclops?

I think I remember Odysseus poked the Cyclops in the eye to make him blind for a moment and then he and his men crawled on the floor that had sheep in it and made sheep noises so the Cyclops wouldn't notice them with his bad vision. I don't really remember for sure. . .


How does Polyphemus meet Odysseus and his men?

Odysseus and his men wait in the cyclops cave, as Odysseus is curious as to who the cyclops is. As Polyphemus brings in his sheep, he spots the men in the cave.