In Book Nine, Odysseus and his men are trapped by the giant Cyclops in his cave. In this situation, the men face several problems. One problem is _odysseus and his men are getting eaten Another is In addition, even if they could kill Cyclops, they realize they have one final, serious problem: At first the men But they quickly understand that this solution will not work because Their problems grow more serious as Cyclops begins devouring Odysseus’s men the way some people eat popcorn. Then Odysseus comes up with a plan to get them out. First they need to Then they must Odysseus realizes, however, that if the other monsters hear that Cyclops is being attacked they will come to his rescue. To solve this problem, Odysseus tells Cyclops that Having blinded the Cyclops, they only have one final problem now, which is how to get out of the cave. As he watches the sheep file out, Odysseus realizes that Thus Odysseus and his men escape by Safely back on the ship, it would seem all their problems are behind them, but Odysseus creates a new, even greater problem when he This problem is the greatest of all because it causes .