The explicit detail the reader is given about Odysseus in this passage is that his initial thought was to sneak up and stab the Cyclops. This is identified in the first sentence, where it is stated, “I thought at first to steal up to him, draw the sharp swears at my hip, and stab his chest…” This quote is representative of an explicit detail the reader is given because it is stated that Odysseus thought at first to basically sneak up, draw his sword, and stab the Cyclops’s chest where the fatal spot was located.
