Well I wanted to help Augusto out because he has not posted yet so I will cover for him.
Was it a smart decission for the crew members to kill the cattle?
Why did they kill the cattle?
What was the vow that the crew members made to Odysseus first before they did anything on the Island?
After 9 days of drifting, where does Odysseus end up?
- Matt E.
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ReplyDeleteAfter Odysseus was warned by both Circe and Tiresias about killing the cattle, that was the last thing on his mind. That is why he wanted to sail quickly past the island to resist the temptation to kill the cattle. But, Eurylochus finally talked him into going to the island to rest up for a while before sailing out again. With this, Odysseus made his crew vow one thing. To not kill the cattle or their journey home would not be pleasant. Of course, the crew agreed. Instead of staying there for a night, they ended up staying for a while because of the winds that made it impossible to sail in. Eventually, they ran out of the food Circe gave them and the men were starving. Behind the thinking of Eurylochus, the crew, (excluding Odysseus) decided to kill the cattle because they were EXTREMELY hungry. Zeus punishes the crew on their journey home by recking their ship and they all get separated. After nine days of drifting, Odysseus finally ends up on Ogygia, the island of the nymph with glossy braids, Calypso.
ReplyDeleteWhen they first got on the island Odysseus strictly told his crew not to kill the cattle if they wanted to live. He made them swear a binding oath that they would not kill the cattle no matter what. But sure enough, when Odysseus turned his back to the crew once they had run dry of food, Eurylochus devised a plan to kill the cattle, that he would rather die at sea then to die a slow painful death. The rest of the crew cheered to this idea. So they killed the cattle, and when Odysseus found out he knew they were in deep trouble. Helious, God of son was outraged and told zeus to punish them. Zeus vowed he would destroy their ship with a lightning bolt.
ReplyDeleteThe crew members were told once they got onto the island to not kill the cattle, and after many months of not having much food, they give in. I think this was very stupid of the crew members because they knew the consequences. It was not a good decision. The vow that they crew made was to not kill any of the Sun God's cattle. After 9 days of drifting, he ends up on Ogygia, Calypso's island.
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ReplyDeleteOdysseus made the crew members swear that they would never, ever kill the Sun God’s cattle. Soon, their food ran out and they became so hungry that they had no other choice. While Odysseus was sleeping, they broke their vow and killed the cows. It was not a very intelligent decision. Odysseus was mad and after days of feasting, after they left the island, their ship was zapped by a lightening bolt, props to Zeus. The Sun God noticed his cattle was gone and ordered Zeus to punish Odysseus’s crew. Without his boat, Odysseus drifted with the wine dark sea for 9 days until he reached Ogygia.
ReplyDeleteWhen Odysseus agreed to let his crew rest on the island he warned them that under no circumstances were they to harm or even touch any of Helio's cattle. After spending many days on the island, the crew had eaten all of the food that Circe had given to them and had scavenged the island for any other sources of food that they could find. At last, when they were very hungry, Eurylachus made a plan to kill one of the cows for food. Odysseus then set out with his men, when their ship was struck by lightning. Odysseys then found himself stranded on Calypso's island, with no hope of escape and no remaining men.
ReplyDeleteThe crew members had been stuck on the island for a month, and with supplies running low, they decided to kill the cattle. They had previously sworn an oath to not kill the cattle, but hunger has forced them to do it. Despite Odysseus' warning, they still went through with the plan, killing the cattle. The result: the death of every crew member besides Odysseus. This was obviously not a very smart move, however, they really underestimated Odysseus' capabilities. After drifting along for 9 days Odysseus ends up in Ogygia, where he will spend the next ten years of his life.
ReplyDeleteAfter passing the Sirens and the other monsters, Odysseus and his crew reached the island of Helios, the sun god. He had been forewarned that they would never return home to Ithaca if they harmed Helios' cattle so he made the crew swear before they got off the ship that they wouldn't touch the cattle at all. He had planned on staying there only overnight but they remained on the island for near a month because of a lack of the right winds. The crewmembers were tempted by the cattle but they kept their promise because they already had plenty of food that Circe had given them. However, after having stayed there for so long, their food supply ran out, and they decided they had to kill the cattle or else they would starve to death so once, when Odysseus was napping, they went hunting. They sacrificed the cattle to the gods, burning the bones and eating the meat. When Odysseus woke up, he learned of what had happened and he was furious. Soon after, the winds blew up and they set off once more. As soon as Helios found out what had happened to his cattle, he asked Zeus to attack Odysseus' ship. Everything and everyone was destroyed with Odysseus as the only survivor. He drifted along on a scrap of wood for nine days before finally reaching Ogygia, the island of Calypso who took him in.
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