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n Core English Language Arts 9 A
What motivates Odysseus to reveal his true name to the
Cyclops?
I would not heed them in my glorying spirit,
but let my anger flare and yelled:
'Cyclops,
if ever mortal man inquire
how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him
Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye:
Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca!
- The Odyssey
Homer
O distrust and pride
fear and anger
weakness and fear
pride and anger
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