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It would be real easy to read the part Odysseus narrates as a cannibalism story. Odysseus, famous liar, says his crew was eaten (by the Cyclops). They were eaten (by giants). They were eaten (by Scylla). He looked at his crew and saw them as pigs. They were trapped starving on an island with animals they knew they must not eat. They were punished by the gods for killing and eating something forbidden, says Odysseus.