Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. What motivates the Cyclops to ask Poseidon for the
O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands,
demise of Odysseus and all his men? Check all that
if I am thine indeed, and thou art father:
apply.
grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never
see his home: Laertes' son, I mean,
O He hates all the Greeks
because they destroyed Troy.
who kept his hail on Ithaca. Should destiny
intend that he shall see his roof again
O He wants revenge for the loss of his eye.
among his family in his father land.
E He thinks all of mankind is weak and feeble.
far be that day, and dark the years between.
Let him lose all
companions, and return
0 He is angered by Odysseus's taunts.
under strange sail to bitter days at home.'