| A | B |
|---|
| "who cast your lives like dice" | Simile--Greeks often believe in fate |
| "We Cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus or all the gods in bliss..." | Cyclops believes he is stronger than the gods |
| "If I killed him we perished there as well, for we could never move his ponderous doorway slab aside" | Characterization of Odysseus--shows intelligence and restraint |
| "we lit a fire, burnt an offering" | Odysseus shows respect for the gods |
| "..the young Dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world" | personification |
| "...blue girdler of the islands..." | epithet for Poseidon |
| "here we stand, beholden for your help or gifts you give--as custom is to honor strangers. Remember gods' courtesy; Zeus avenges the unoffending guest" | Greek hospitality |
| Poseidon | Cyclops' father |
| Polyphemus | Cyclops' name |
| "...a club, or staff, lay there along the fold--an olive tree..." | Athena's symbol--meaning she is taking care of him" |
| Telemus | told Cyclops long ago he would lose his eye because of someone named Odysseus |
| "Why do you cry so sore in the starry night" | pun |
| Polyphemus' character flaw | underestimated his enemy |
| # men eaten by Cyclops | six |
