Explain how odysseus plan to escape the cyclops is similar to his plan to win the trojan war

Odysseus escaped from the Cyclops by tricking it after blinding it with a large pike. Once the Cyclops was blind, Odysseus and his men escaped by tying themselves to the bottom of the Cyclops' sheep. The monster felt the tops of the sheep but didn't check the bottoms before letting them out of the cave to pasture.

yes, it can be both.

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.