My ship? poseidon lord, who sets the earth a-tremble, broke it up on the rocks at your land's end. a wind from seaward served him, drove us there. we are survivors, these good men and i.' what motivates odysseus to tell a lie to the cyclops?
a) odysseus knows that poseidon is the cyclops’ father.
b) odysseus is afraid the cyclops will steal their ship.
c) odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape.
d) odysseus does not know what has happened to his ship.