Exploring odysseus’s motivation i would not heed them in my glorying spirit, but let my anger flare and yelled:   'cyclops, if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: laertes' son, whose home's on ithaca! ' -the odyssey, homer what motivates odysseus to reveal his true name to the cyclops? distrust and pride  fear and anger    weakness and fear pride and anger