Question

does anyone know what the answer to this is? Who says the following and why? "My ship? Poseidon god of the earthquake smashed my ship, he drove it against the rocks at your islands' far cape, he dashed it against a cliff as the winds rode us in. I and the men you see escaped a sudden death." *

Answer 1

looks like someone else is telling the story about poseidon

Answer 2

Almost certainly Odysseus says this. He is lying. He tells this to the Cyclops Polyphemus. Odysseus is afraid Polyphemus would destroy the ship if Polyphemus knew the ship was intact.