In the story of the Odyssey, Odysseus the hero has many problems he has to face. To face them he uses many of his characteristics. His most important characteristic is his knowledge. Sometimes he would get help from the goddess Athena, but even with out her help he was pretty smart. In the story Odysseus gets stuck in many places where he has to use his knowledge some are, the cyclops' cave, the sirens, and the suitors in his house. Knowledge was a vey important thing to Odysseus.
             When Odysseus and his men stumble upon the cyclops' cave they had no idea what was instore for them. They thought the cyclops' would feed them and take them in for the night, which was the custom in ancient Greece. But when the cyclops found out there where men in the cave he started to get angry, he scooped up two of Odysseus men and ate them. At this time Odysseus knew he and his men had to get out. The problem was that the cyclops had put a large boulder at the entrance of the cave so no one could get in or out, exept for himself. Odysseus knew none of his men could move the boulder so he started thinking of a plan to get him and his men out. He told the cyclops that he was a special person to the gods, and that he had brought some of the wine of the gods with him on the trip. He then asked the cyclops if he wanted some, knowing if he drank enough he would fall asleep. The cyclops agreed into having some wine, he also asked Odysseus his name Odysseus said his name was nobody. After the cyclops had been drinking for awile he dozed off. Odysseus knew the time was now to put his plan in to action. He got his men to take a piece of wood that was in the cave and sharpen it. When it was sharpened it was a long spear. Odysseus and his men then drove the spear into the cyclops' eye. Immedatly the cyclops woke up and slowly felt his way to the boulder of the cave he removed it and screamed so that the other cyclops' would hear him. When t...