Cattle of the Sun God
The Cyclops ate Odysseus' men.
This episode suggests that not all of the men may necessarily want to go home as badly as Odysseus does, and perhaps they would stay some where else if they were allowed.
72 men
Odysseus' crew lost six men when passing Scylla, one man for each head of Scylla.
Cattle of the Sun God
The Cyclops ate Odysseus' men.
This episode suggests that not all of the men may necessarily want to go home as badly as Odysseus does, and perhaps they would stay some where else if they were allowed.
If his crew eat the Lotus, they will lose all desire to return home. Odysseus needs the men to return home himself, and he is responsible for these men.
72 men
The Cyclops prays to Poseidon, the god of the sea, when he asks that Odysseus lose all his men and have a rough journey home. Poseidon holds a grudge against Odysseus for blinding the Cyclops, who is his son.
The men like to drink and they die
Six of the twelve original men remain.
Odysseus' crew lost six men when passing Scylla, one man for each head of Scylla.
When the cyclopes first returns, he eats two of Odysseus's men on the spot, later two more are eaten. A total of four men
Odysseus lost no men on the island of the lotus eaters. He was able to retrieve the 3 men that had succumbed to the lotus' temptation.
Three of his men ate the lotus eaters plant and the got stuck to the plant.