There are 8 Greek evil thoughts that Greek individuals lived by and resorted to. In the story, “The Cyclops” translated by Robert Fitzgerald, tells a story of Odysseus and his crew traveling to the Land of Cyclops and discover a one eyed giant, by the name of Cyclops Polyphemus. Odysseus then stabs Cyclops in the eye and aborts his ship while the blind giant prays to his father. Of the 8 Greek evil thoughts, Odysseus demonstrates, Hyperephania, Kenodoxia and Philargyra. Hyperepania (Pride) describes the feeling that someone gets as if they have accomplished something. Odysseus describes “Forward they sprinted, lifted it, and rammed it deep in his crater eye” (The Cyclops. 377). When Odysseus was in the cave with his men, he surrendered because
