"So headstrong – why? Why rile the beast again?"
"That rock he flung in the sea just now, hurling our ship
to shore once more – we thought we’d die on the spot!"
"If he’d caught a sound from one of us, just a moan,
he would have crushed our heads and ship timbers
with one heave of another flashing, jagged rock!"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 9, lines 550-555. Odysseus’ men are none too happy that their leader has allowed pride get the better of him and provoked the Cyclops with taunts. As a result Polyphemus hurls a huge rock at their ship and creates a wave driving it back to shore.