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17 February, 13:36

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. '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?

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    He lies to the cyclops and says his name is no one so that when he hurts the cyclops he tells his brothers that "No one" has hurt him, so they thing that nothing has happened to him and don't realize the danger therefore allowing Odysseus and his men to get away unharmed.
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