Cunning & brute strength is a deadly combination

In the odyssey book Odysseus shows us his knowledge frequently but the one time it really stood out was in the one eyed giants cave. Instead of just using his brute strength when the giant was sleeping to poke out his eye . He told the monster his so called name as "Nobody" and then got the giant drunk in order for him to pass out so they could poke his eye with the burning olive stake. This then leads to the giant screaming in pain/agony and when his Friends hear the screaming come to help, but they ask whats wrong and he replies" Nobody's Killing Me now by fraud and by force!" (book 9.line 445). This later on lead them to escape from the cave and continue there journey.

This shows that he new it would have to be much more than just stab the giants eye well sleeping and new that he would have to come up with a way in order for the giant to go into a heavy sleep therefore allowing them to set up for the jabbing of the olive stake in the eye. Also The name nobody was a huge factor because without it the giants Friends would have found Odysseus and his crew. Then the brute strength came in with the blinding of the giant. That's why cunning and brute strength is a deadly combination.