Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

'O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions?

Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands?

How do you like the beating that we gave you,

you cannibal? Eater of guests

under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!'

According to this excerpt, Odysseus

is fearful of the Cyclops.

is prideful and overly confident.

has been weakened by the Cyclops.

has regrets about staying on the island.

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Sullivan Curry

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27 November, 21:30

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

'O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions?

Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands?

How do you like the beating that we gave you,

you cannibal? Eater of guests

under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!'

According to this excerpt, Odysseus

is fearful of the Cyclops.

is prideful and overly confident.

has been weakened by the Cyclops.

has regrets about staying on the island.

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Karli Leach · Answer 1

He is prideful and overly confident. This is seen by him referencing to being held by the cyclops as "Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands?" signifying the cyclops as a large unintelligent brute. It is also seen in the next line by taunting him with the pain his companions inflicted on the cyclops and that Zeus and the gods have punished the cyclops for eating his guests.