a prodigious man slept in this alone, and took his flocks to graze afield remote from all companions knowing none but savage ways, a brute so...

You tagged this with interpreting. I imagine you are
looking for some help interpreting this quote from your literature book about
The Cyclops section of The
Odyssey.

First, you have some
characterization of the cyclops named Polyphemus, but also
cyclopes in general. They stick to themselve, and are very uncivilized. They have no
remnants of culture that indicates they want to be together socially. We know this from
the words, "alone", "remote", and "solitude". We learn that they raise sheep or goats as
he toook his flocks to graze.

We also get the
image and metaphor of the
cyclops being a "shaggy mountain." This must mean he was rather large, mammoth to be
specific. The word shaggy might describe a lazy, withdrawn, or haunched-looking fellow.
It also further characterizes him.