Read the excerpt from the odyssey and answer the question that follows. they next arrived at the country of the cyclopes. the cyclopes were giants who inhabited an island of which they were the only possessors. the name means "round eye," and these giants were so called because they had but one eye, and that placed in the middle of the forehead. they dwelt in caves and fed on the wild productions of the island and on what their flocks yielded, for they were shepherds. ulysses left the main body of his ships at anchor and with one vessel went to the cyclopes' island to explore for supplies. he landed with his companions, carrying with them a jar of wine for a present, and coming to a large cave they entered it, and finding no one within examined its contents. they found it stored with the richest of the flock, quantities of cheese, pails and bowls of milk, lambs and kids in their pens, all in nice order. presently arrived the master of the cave, polyphemus, bearing an immense bundle of firewood, which he threw down before the cavern's mouth. he then drove into the cave the sheep and goats to be milked, and, entering, rolled to the cave's mouth an enormous rock that twenty oxen could not draw. next he sat down and milked his ewes, preparing a part for cheese, and setting the rest aside for his customary drink. then, turning round his great eye, he discerned the strangers, and growled out to them, demanding who they were, and where from. ulysses replied most humbly, stating that they were greeks, from the great expedition that had lately won so much glory in the conquest of troy; that they were now on their way home, and finished by imploring his hospitality in the name of the gods. polyphemus deigned no answer, but reaching out his hand seized two of the greeks, whom he hurled against the side of the cave, and dashed out their brains. he proceeded to devour them with great relish, and having made a hearty meal, stretched himself out on the floor to sleep. ulysses was tempted to seize the opportunity and plunge his sword into him as he slept, but recollected that it would only expose them all to certain destruction, as the rock with which the giant had closed up the door was far beyond their power to remove, and they would therefore be in hopeless imprisonment. next morning the giant seized two more of the greeks, and dispatched them in the same manner as their companions, feasting on their flesh till no fragment was left. he then moved away the rock from the door, drove out his flocks, and went out, carefully replacing the barrier after him. when he was gone ulysses planned how he might take vengeance for his murdered friends, and effect his escape with his surviving companions. he made his men prepare a massive bar of wood cut by the cyclops for a staff, which they found in the cave. they sharpened the end of it, and seasoned it in the fire, and hid it under the straw on the cavern floor. then four of the boldest were selected, with whom ulysses joined himself as a fifth. the cyclops came home at evening, rolled away the stone and drove in his flock as usual. after milking them and making his arrangements as before, he seized two more of ulysses' companions and dashed their brains out, and made his evening meal upon them as he had on the others. after he had supped, ulysses approaching him handed him a bowl of wine, saying, "cyclops, this is wine; taste and drink after thy meal of men's flesh." he took and drank it, and was hugely delighted with it, and called for more. ulysses supplied him once again, which the giant so much that he promised him as a favor that he should be the last of the party devoured. he asked his name, to which ulysses replied, "my name is noman." source: bulfinch, thomas. "polyphemos." project gutenberg. project gutenberg, 27 mar. 2002. web. 25 feb. 2011. what is the best choice to describe the purpose of this myth? explanation of natural phenomena history theater religion