Odysseus essentially calls Polyphemus stupid, gullible,
and easy to outsmart. He does this as he is going away from Polyphemus' island. Up until
this point, Odysseus effectively kept his identity a secret, but pride welled-up inside
of Odysseus for a few moments and he felt the need to let Polyphemus know who he was so
that Polyphemus could tell everyone who the great man was that had conquered him.
Unfortunately, Polyphemus used that information to pray to his father Posideon to hurt
Odysseus. Thus, Polyphemus could call Odysseus stupid
too.
Odysseus tried to call Polyphemus a poor host for not
sharing his wealth with poor traveling guests. Polyphemus could call Odysseus the most
terrible of guests because not only did Odysseus bring a gift, he used it to manipulate
Polyphemus by getting him drunk, but he also stole Polyphemus'
sheep!
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