Analysis Of Odysseus And The Cyclops In The Odyssey By Homer

In the Odyssey By Homer, excerpt B, “Odysseus and the Cyclops”, shows the value ingenuity. Odysseus and his crew meet a Cyclops and giant with one eye, on their way back from the Trojan war. The Cyclops takes Odysseus’s men and eats them one at a time. Odysseus thinks of a plan. He tells the Cyclops that his name is nobody, so if he tries to attack the Cyclops, the Cyclops will say “nobody is attacking me”. Odysseus gives the Cyclops a glass of wine, making the Cyclops drunk. The Cyclops falls asleep and Odysseus and his men are able blind the Cyclops by taking a large branch and heating it. From there they all make back to the ship.
The value that is illustrated in excerpt B is ingenuity. In the excerpt, Odysseus comes up with great plans