Question

read the excerpt from part 1 of the odyssey by homer. but on the spot i told them back, and quickly! out to sea again! my men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting, --while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of cicones. how does this excerpt prove that odysseuss men caused their own problems? by describing their neglect of orders by explaining their military strategy by showing their physical weaknesses by illustrating their cruelty to one another

Explanation:

The text shows Odysseus told his men to go back to sea, but they were mutinous (disobedient). They ignored his orders (like staying to feast on sheep, cattle etc. instead of leaving), which led to problems (fugitives calling Cicone forces). So their neglect of orders (Odysseus' commands) caused their own issues.

Answer:

by describing their neglect of orders