'O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions?

Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands?

How do you like the beating that we gave you,

you dmnd cannal? Eater of guests

under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!'


According to this excerpt, Odysseus


is fearful of the Cyclops.

is prideful and overly confident.

has been weakened by the Cyclops.

has regrets about staying on the island.