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the metaphor in the passage below helps show the \prodigious\ man
a prodigious man
slept in this cave - alone, and took his flocks
to graze afield - remote from all companions,
knowing none but savage ways, a brute
so huge, he seemed no man at all of those
who eat good wheaten bread, but he seemed rather
a shaggy mountain reared in solitude.
- homer, from the odyssey
what is the overall meaning of the word prodigious as it is used in the stanza above?
the savagery this species displays
the cyclops occupation as a digger
the cyclops hatred of the gods
size of the cyclops
The text describes the man as so huge that he seems like a mountain, emphasizing his large - size. The word "prodigious" here is used to convey his enormous size.
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Size of the cyclops