Odysseus lied to his men about his plans. He made a spear from a piece of wood that he chard in a fire and stabbed a cyclops in the eye while he was sleeping. He lied to the cyclops about his name and tricked him. On page 381 the cyclops says “Nohbdy, Nohbdy’s tricked me, Nohbdy’s ruined me!” Odysseus strapped him men to the bottom of the cyclops’ rams to escape the grasp of the monster.
After escaping the cyclops, he stole his rams as he said on page 382 “With many glances