Then he dismembered them and made his meal, gaping and crunching like a mountain lion –

everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones.

We cried aloud, lifting our hands to Zeus . . .

but Cyclops went on filling up his belly

with manflesh and great gulps of whey

-The Odyssey,
Homer

What inference can be made about the Cyclops based on the passage?

The Cyclops eats men because he is hungry and does not have any other source of food.
The Cyclops is more like a violent animal than a civilized man.
The Cyclops is very frightened and concerned with protecting himself from the men.
The Cyclops is deeply religious and is making a sacrifice to Zeus.

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gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job