What is strike in the old time

A strike is when workers refuse to work, and this typically means that they are protesting their pay, or something wrong in the workplace.

Explanation:

"The Great Southwest Railroad Strike, which spanned across Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas, took place from March to Sept. 1886. It included some 200,000 strikers." (The 10 biggest)

https://www.investopedia.com/the-10-biggest-strikes-in-u-s-history-4773384

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.