Question

What motivates Cyclops to ask Poseidon to interfere with Odysseus’s journey home?

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Answer 1

@Night-Watcher

Answer 2

@Shazak101

Answer 3

I will do some research about it then get back to you.

Answer 4

Ok. Thank You

Answer 5

np

Answer 6

Do you want the passage that came along with it? @Samus_Aran

Answer 7

sure

Answer 8

have you read Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters because I think that might help a little.

Answer 9

No , Im not into that stuff

Answer 10

But this, but you – small, pitiful and twiggy –
you put me down with wine, you blinded me.
Come back, Odysseus, and I'll treat you well,
praying the god of earthquake to befriend you –
his son I am, for he by his avowal
fathered me, and, if he will, he may
heal me of this black wound – he and no other
of all the happy gods or mortal men.'
Few words I shouted in reply to him:
'If I could take your life I would and take
your time away, and hurl you down to hell!
The god of earthquake could not heal you there!'
At this he stretched his hands out in his darkness
toward the sky of stars, and prayed Poseidon:
'O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands,
if I am thine indeed, and thou art father:
grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never
see his home

Answer 11

Poseidon is the god of the sea in Greek mythology.

Answer 12

is it multiple choice? if so can I see the answers?

Answer 13

Its a written response

Answer 14

Poseidon is God of the sea and the earthquakes so that helps a little...

Answer 15

The cyclops is asking Poseidon to kill Odysseus because Odysseus was the one who stabbed his eye and made him blind.... that help at all?

Answer 16

yes. Thank you

Answer 17

Np. let me know if its right.

Answer 18

it was. Thanks again

Answer 19

you very welcome :)

Answer 20

The Cyclops is angry that Odysseus, a weak and tiny man, was able to blind him and trick him. To make matters worse, Odysseus has no regrets, and he does not apologize even though the Cyclops offers to treat him well if he returns. Instead, Odysseus insults Cyclops more than once during his escape. Cyclops knows that the gods have power over men's lives, and this is his only opportunity for revenge. Thus, he is motivated to seek revenge against Odysseus.