The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Why does Odysseus not kill Polyphemus when he first gets an opportunity to do so?

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Odysseus and his men would be trapped in the cave if Odysseus kills him. There was a big stone in front.

“Then he rolled a huge stone to the mouth of the cave—so huge that two and twenty strong four-wheeled wagons would not be enough to draw it from its place against the doorway.”