Which excerpt from part 2 of the odyssey best support the conclusion that odysseus is clever?
a the rest of you stand by; i'll make the crossing
in my own ship, with my own company,
b we lit a fire, burnt an offering,
and took some cheese to eat; then sat in silence
c ‘my name is nohbdy: mother, father, and friends,
everyone calls me nohbdy.’
d so with our brand we bored that great eye socket
while blood ran out around the red hot bar.

When Odysseus was trapped in Polyphemus' cave with his men, he tells Polyphemus that he is called Nobody. It was a trick because when the cyclops yells to other cyclops for help, they will only hear "Nobody hurt me!" and they will not help. Odysseus uses Polyphemus's strength against himself. It is described in Homer's Odysseus as:

Kyklops,

you ask my honorable name? Remember

the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you.

My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends,

everyone calls me Nohbdy.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.