This imagery also creates a tangible image in the audience's mind: the land inhabited by the Cyclops has not been touched by humanity and, since its inhabitants do not plow the land or build houses, left to the will of nature. Additionally, this raises the question of what the Cyclops' diet consists of. In addition to raising sheep, lambs, and goats for milk and cheese, Odysseus eventually learns in a rather horrifying way that Polyphemus has a taste for human flesh. When he and his group are discovered, he begs the Cyclops for hospitality, but after denying the men's safety, Polyphemus poses a problem.