'Cyclops you ask my honorable name? Remember
the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you.
My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends,
everyone calls me Nohbdy.'
And he said:
'Nohbdy's my meat, then, after I eat his friends.
Others come first. There's a noble gift, now.'
-The Odyssey,
Homer
Read two passages that show a conflict between
Odysseus and the Cyclops. What does this conflict
reveal about Odysseus?
•He is scared because he knows that he will be the
last to be eaten.
•He is brave because he sacrifices himself for his
friends.
•He is clever because he makes up a false name for
himself and tricks the Cyclops.
•He is lucky because he is able to escape
unharmed and still steal the Cyclops's sheep.