In one of the adventures in the Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew undergo a physical problem that requires Odysseus to be cunning and clever. Odysseus sails to an island and meets Polyphemus a cyclops, who is the son of Poseidon. Polyphemus tends to ewes and defines the law of coarseness to strangers by eating them. This results in Odysseus getting enraged and wanting to kill Polyphemus because Polyphemus ate two of his crew members. Odysseus realizes if he kills Polyphemus, he will eventually die because he will starve to death in the cave. Since, Odysseus is a quick thinker, he decides to get Polyphemus drunk and blind him in his sleep. This is important because every morning Polyphemus has to get up and let the ewes out to graze. The more
