But this, but you – small, pitiful and twiggy –

you put me down with wine, you blinded me.

Come back, Odysseus, and I'll treat you well,

praying the god of earthquake to befriend you –

his son I am, for he by his avowal

fathered me, and, if he will, he may

heal me of this black wound – he and no other

of all the happy gods or mortal men.'

Few words I shouted in reply to him:

'If I could take your life I would and take

your time away, and hurl you down to hell!

The god of earthquake could not heal you there!'

At this he stretched his hands out in his darkness

toward the sky of stars, and prayed Poseidon:

'O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands,

if I am thine indeed, and thou art father:

grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never

see his home

-The Odyssey,
Homer

What motivates Cyclops to ask Poseidon to interfere with Odysseus’s journey home?

Odysseus attacked the cyclops, made him go blind and even prevented him from receiving help from other cyclopes. The Cyclops knows that he will probably not be able to take revenge on Odysseus in the condition he is in, so he decides to ask for divine interference, so he pleads with Poseidon to interfere with Odysseus's journey home.

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Martebi Martebi · Answer 2 · 2022-05-02T11:16:07+02:00

The action that motivates Cyclops to ask Poseidon to interfere with Odysseus’s journey home was his need for revenge.

Why the need for revenge?

Odysseus was said to have blinded the Cyclops and taken all of his rams and also he has outwitted him.

Conclusively, This made him to be very angry and thus because of this action, it motivates him to ask his father Poseidon to stand or hinder Odysseus's journey.

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