Book 9 The Cyclops
Past the Cicones and Lotus-eaters into the cave of Polyphemus, and out again by a false name.
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Which people does he meet at his first landfall after Troy?
Answer The Cicones
He comes first to the Cicones at Ismarus.
SourceBook 9, lines 35-39Medium
What happens to the men who eat the lotus?
Answer They forget the way home
They lose all wish to return and want to stay.
SourceBook 9, lines 80-84Easy
What is the name of the one-eyed giant?
Answer Polyphemus
The Cyclops is named Polyphemus.
SourceBook 9, lines 400-404Easy
What name does Odysseus give the Cyclops?
Answer Nobody (Outis)
He calls himself Nobody, and the trick turns on that name.
SourceBook 9, lines 365-369Easy
Who gave him the strong wine that drugs the Cyclops?
Answer Maron
Maron, priest of Apollo, gave him that wine.
SourceBook 9, lines 195-199Deep
The text behind the questions
Questions cover facts stated in Homer's Odyssey, worded by us. No translation is reproduced here. Book and line refer to the Greek line numbering, located in a public-domain English translation.