"As we rowed on, and nearer to the mainland,at one end of the bay, we saw a cavernyawning above the water, screened with laurel,and many rams and goats about the placeinside a sheepfold made from slabs of stoneearthfast between tall trunks of pine and ruggedtowering oak trees." (374).
We beached there, and I told the crewto stand by and keep watch over the ship;as for myself I took my twelve best fightersand went ahead. (375) .
We climbed, then, briskly to the cave. But Cyclopshad gone afield, to pasture his fat sheep,so we looked round at everything inside: (376).
"Neither reply nor pity came from him,but in one stride he clutched at my companionsand caught two in his hands like squirming puppiesto beat their brains out, spattering the floor." (378).
"The Cyclops bellowed and the rock roared round him,and we fell back in fear. Clawing his facehe tugged the bloody spike out of his eye,threw it away, and his wild hands went groping;then he set up a howl for Cyclopeswho lived in caves on windy peaks nearby." (380).