In The Illiad, by Homer, what did Odysseus tell the Cyclops his name was?
2007-02-27 13:05:58 · 6 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Sorry i might have got the wrong book.
2007-02-27 13:12:37 · update #1
Nobody
2007-02-27 13:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by Leslie J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cyclops story is from The Odyssey, Homer's second book.
And the name Odysseus gave was "Nobody".
Polyphemus, the cyclops, kills and eats two of Odysseus's crew. To save himself and the rest of his men, Odysseus gets Polyphemus drunk. He asks Odysseus his name. Odysseus says that it's "Nobody".
Once Polyphemus passes out drunk, Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops and escape while he is screaming. The cyclops's brothers all come running, but of course when they ask "who did this?" he can only answer "Nobody".
2007-02-27 21:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by phoenix2frequent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cyclops wasnt in the Illiad it was in the Oddessy
2007-02-27 21:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Suzy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Suzy was quite correct in her critique, but she should know she should not be so hard on Noman.
Like some other books translations differ.
2007-02-27 21:32:07 · answer #4 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you got something more up-to-date?
2007-02-27 21:19:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
something....
2007-02-27 21:35:20 · answer #6 · answered by Galactic_Explorer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋