and his men will encounter and how to deal with them. Odysseus sees many other spirits including his mother, Agammnon, and Akhilleus.Sailing on, they head for Kirks island to give Elpnor a proper burial. While there, Kirk, like Teirsias, tells Odysseus of perils that lie ahead. They set off again on the sea.They sail past the island of the Seirns, whose voice has effects of those of the Lotos flowers. Odysseus covers his mens ears with beeswax and has them tie him up so that he may here the songs of the Seirns. Odysseus seems to want to be the only man to hear the Seirns and escape. This is either extreme courage or a dangerous greed. They make it past the island and onward they sail toward Skylla and Kharybdis. While cruising by, Skylla snatched up six of Odysseus men. This is the price they pay for return to their homeland. With Kharybdis and Skylla behind them, they sail on. They coast by the island of the god Hlios. On this island are bountiful sheep, rams, and heifers. They are not to be touched, as prophesized by Kirk and Teirsias. He instructed his men of this yet they refused and landed on shore. Odysseus took off into the mainland in search of more adventure. He then falls asleep. His men, back at the shore, decide to go ahead and kill and eat the animals to suffice there hunger. This time, the men, not Odysseus, are responsible for destined danger.While they were out to sea, Zeus, in revenge for Hlios slain animals, strikes the ship with a huge lightning bolt. This destroys the ship and sends all men to their death, except Odysseus. He stays alive by grasping onto pieces of the ship floating on the waters surface. He begins to drift back towards Kharybdis which sucks down his life-preserving wooden planks. Odysseus, for a whole day, grasps a limb hanging above the death trap until the planks reappear. This is sheer determination on Odysseus part. When he regains his planks, he drifts towards Kalypso, t...
