Table of Contents
- 1 What drink did Odysseus give to the giant Cyclops?
- 2 What is the gift that Odysseus offers to the giant?
- 3 What gift did the Cyclops give to Odysseus?
- 4 Does Odysseus get the Cyclops drunk?
- 5 Why is the liquor that Odysseus has so special?
- 6 What does Odysseus do with the wine?
- 7 What did Maron give Odysseus as a gift?
- 8 What does Odysseus bring along when he goes to inspect the cave?
What drink did Odysseus give to the giant Cyclops?
The next evening, as the Cyclops eats several more men, Odysseus offers him some of the powerful wine he’s brought with him, a gift for the Cyclops, in the true spirit of xenia. It is so powerful, it is meant to be mixed with water: 20 parts water to one part wine.
What is the gift that Odysseus offers to the giant?
After the giant returns in the evening and eats two more of the men, Odysseus offers Polyphemus some strong and undiluted wine given to him earlier on his journey.
What special drink does Odysseus take with him as a gift?
He takes a very potent wine with him. Because of the giant’s size, Odysseus gives the wine (without it being diluted) to the Cyclops so that he will get drunk and hopefully fall asleep. Odysseus could not wait any longer simply watching his men being killed.
What did Odysseus give?
Odysseus gives the Cyclops Polyphemus very strong wine as a gift, but it is not with good intentions. In fact, he gives the Cyclops the wine to put the Cyclops at ease before he eventually passes out from drunkenness.
What gift did the Cyclops give to Odysseus?
The Cyclops gift to Odysseus is to eat him for dinner, but the Cyclops promises to eat the other men first and save “Nohbdy (Odysseus) for last.
Does Odysseus get the Cyclops drunk?
After a time, a Cyclops, whose name was Polyphemus, returned to the cave. This time Odysseus spoke up, and offered the Cyclops some strong wine he had brought with him. Polyphemus, who had never drunk wine before, drank his fill and became very drunk. Thanking Odyssesus, Polyphemus asked him his name.
Why did Odysseus bring the liquor with him?
Realizing they are all likely to die, Odysseus puts his wily mind to use. He offers the Cyclops the potent wine so that he can make Polyphemus drunk, so drunk he will fall asleep.
Why did Odysseus give Polyphemus the wine?
Odysseus offer the Cyclops his strong wine because he is hoping to either slow the Cyclops’s reaction time or put him to sleep. Odysseus continues with his plan by telling the Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy. The Cyclops reveals his plan to eat Nohbdy once he has eaten the other men.
Why is the liquor that Odysseus has so special?
After another day, he has eaten four more men. Realizing they are all likely to die, Odysseus puts his wily mind to use. He offers the Cyclops the potent wine so that he can make Polyphemus drunk, so drunk he will fall asleep. The wine is delicious and the Cyclops asks for more, drinking so much he does pass out.
What does Odysseus do with the wine?
This deep, dark vintage—wine dark, you might say—comes in handy later on in Odysseus’s epic voyage, when he uses a drop or two—undiluted, of course—to put the dreaded Cyclops Polyphemus to sleep, thus allowing Odysseus to thrust a sharp stake into the hideous monster’s eye.
Why did Odysseus give the Cyclops wine?
Why did Odysseus give wine to the Cyclops?
He takes a very potent wine with him. Because of the giant’s size, Odysseus gives the wine (without it being diluted) to the Cyclops so that he will get drunk and hopefully fall asleep. Odysseus could not wait any longer simply watching his men being killed.
What did Maron give Odysseus as a gift?
Maron gave him this wine and many other gifts in gratitude that Odysseus had protected him and his family. Odysseus explains to Alcinous that this wine is incredibly strong: when Maron would prepare it to drink, he would mix one part of the wine with twenty parts water.
What does Odysseus bring along when he goes to inspect the cave?
When Odysseus goes to inspect the cave that he later learns belongs to the Cyclops, Polyphemus, he brings with him a goat skin bottle of dark wine that was given to him by Maron, a priest of Apollo, who watches over Ismarus (the first stop Odysseus and his men had made after leaving Troy).
Why did Odysseus not kill Polyphemus in the Odyssey?
Odysseus, the hero from Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, does not kill the brutish cyclops, Polyphemus, because Odysseus and his men would be trapped in the cave. Odysseus and his men, though strong, would not be able to move the stone that closes off the cave.