Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . 'O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guests under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!' According to this excerpt, Odysseus

Odysseus taunts the Cyclops by boasting about the beating he and his companions gave him and claiming that Zeus and the gods have punished him. His bold, self-congratulatory words show pride and overconfidence, not fear or regret. The best choice is “is prideful and overly confident.”

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