Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

'Aye

He'll smash our timbers and our heads together!'

I would not heed them in my glorying spirit,
but let my anger flare and yelled:

'Cyclops,

if ever mortal man inquire
how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him
Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye:
Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca!'

What motivates Odysseus to reveal his name and put his men in more danger?

anger and pride
gratitude and relief
weakness and fear

Answer 1

Answer:

Anger and pride

Explanation:

He is proud of himeself and shows this to be his biggest weakness of all. By revealing his name he showed that he was proud to have fooled the cyclops Polyphemus and in doing so cursed his men into having to stay at sea by the wrath of Posiedon