Question

read the excerpt from the odyssey. my ship? poseidon lord, who sets the earth a - tremble, broke it up on the rocks at your lands end. a wind from seaward served him, drove us there. we are survivors, those good men and i. what motivates odysseus to tell a lie to the cyclops? odysseus knows that poseidon is the cyclops father. odysseus is afraid the cyclops will steal their ship. odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape. odysseus does not know what has happened to his ship.

Explanation:

In the Odyssey, Odysseus is cautious and strategic. He lies to the Cyclops about the ship to protect his only means of escape and not give the Cyclops an opportunity to destroy it or use it against them.

Answer:

Odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape