How does Odysseus defeat Polyphemus in Euripides’ Cyclops?

In Euripides’ Cyclops, the only complete surviving satyr play, Odysseus defeats the man-eating giant Polyphemus by blinding him, mirroring the events found in Homer’s Odyssey.12

While the play reimagines the encounter as a lowbrow comedy featuring enslaved satyrs and their father, Silenus, the core mechanism of the defeat remains the same: Odysseus successfully blinds the Cyclops, thereby enabling the escape of his companions.12