What motivates odysseus to tell a lie to the cyclops?

The motivation behind Odysseus to tell a lie to the Cyclops is

That he didn't want them to know their only mean of scape.

Explanation:

First of all, when Odysseus group ends up in the Cyclop's Island they had a vessel, however, they were not really sure about the difficulties they were going to find on the Island. That is why they were very cautious about their words and movements. Because the cyclops could end up killing them or doing something worse to them. That is the reason he prays to Poseidon in the last chance to be helped. Because Poseidon is its creator and he begs him for intervention.

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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hm, switch the relative; nominative and indefinite; objective ? not too bright in the knowledge of the english.