Making Ihrerences about Odysseus
What inferences can be made about Odysseus based
on his choice to stay and see the Cyclops? Check all
that apply
My men came pressing round me, pleading:
'Why not
take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back,
throw open all the pens, and make a run for it?
We'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. We say
put out again on good salt water!
Ah,
Odysseus does not care about his crew.
Odysseus is curious about what the Cyclops is like
Odysseus wants to see if the Cyclops will give him
anything
Odysseus is scared of the Cyclops
Odysseus needs to show who is in charge by not
following what his men say
how sound that was! Yet I refused. I wished
to see the caveman, what he had to offer -
no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.
- The Odyssey,
Homer