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We cried aloud, lifting our hands to zeus, powerless, looking on at this, appalled; but cyclops went on filling up his belly with manflesh and great gulps of whey, then lay down like a mast among his sheep. which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt?
the cyclops is compared to zeus because of his size.
the cyclops is compared to zeus because of his power.
the cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his surrender.
the cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his size.

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