I called back with another burst of anger, 'Cyclops, if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so-say Odysseus, raider of cities, he gouged out your eye, Laertes' son who makes his home in Ithaca!'
This is a pivotal point in Odysseus' voyage home where despite having been able to devise a plan to escape the cyclops' island he lets himself be consumed by Hubris and reveals himself to the monster he had escaped. By doing so he doomed his crew and himself to many years of suffering at the hands of Poseidon, Polyphemus' father. Odysseus learned from his mistake, realizing that you should only reveal yourself when you know it is truely the perfect time. Even when you think your home free, gloating about it will end badly.
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