Strange things began to happen to the cattle that had been killed: they bellowed and moved. … The sun god Helios angrily asked Zeus and the other gods to punish Odysseus’s crew for killing his cattle, and Zeus complied. The Cattle of the Sun GodThe episode is another instance in which the men make a fatal error while Odysseus is asleep. Charybdis is an enormous whirlpool that threatens to swallow the entire ship. Scylla is a six-headed monster who, when ships pass, swallows one sailor for each head. Scylla and CharybdisOdysseus and his men must navigate the straits between Scylla and Charybdis. The SirensOdysseus returns to Circe’s island, where he tries to avoid the Sirens luring him into his death. Before Odysseus departs a year later, Circe informs Odysseus that he needs to go to the Underworld and consult the blind prophet Tiresias. Odysseus has a magical herb and demands Circe change them back. Then they reach the island ruled by Circe, and she turns half of the men into swine. They destroy all of Odysseus’s ships except for the one he is sailing on. They sail seven days and arrive in the land of Laestrygonians, a group of cannibals.
Land of the DeadAeolus, king of the wind, gives Odysseus away with a bag of winds containing every wind but the west one. The CyclopsOdysseus and his men discover land that is inhabited by a Cyclops named Polyphemus, which ultimately results in Odysseus and the men who escaped alive escaping Polyphemus by ship. The Lotus EatersThe Lotus Eaters gave some of Odysseus’s men some fruit to eat which resulted in them not wanting to leave the island. He arrives in Phaeacia, which is ruled by Alcinous Sailing from TroyOdysseus departs from the goddess Calypso’s island.
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