Which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt? The forces sent by Cicones to fight Odysseus and his men arrived during the early morning hours. Odysseus and his men fought the forces of Cicones better on the ships than on land. The forces sent by Cicones to stop the plundering of Odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful. Odysseus views the army sent by Cicones as punishment from the Greek god Zeus.