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Who killed six men to each of Odysseus's ships?
Scylla, she is a six headed monster who swallows a sailor for each head as a ship passes
What does Polyphemus do that shows him a villain?
He eats some of Odysseus' men.
What happen to the rest of Odysseus's men?
In the Odyssey, many of Odysseus's men perish on their journey back to Ithaca. Some are eaten by Polyphemus, the cyclops, while others are killed by the goddess Circe or the sea monster Scylla. Additionally, some of his men are turned into pigs by Circe and later returned to their human form. In the end, only Odysseus survives and returns home.
What atrocious thing does the cyclops do that horrifies Odysseus and his men?
That's easy, he eats Odysseus' men and they barely escape the island with their lives.
Describe an instance of Odysseus acting against the advice his men?
Odysseus' decision to stay at Polyphemus' cave proves disastrous. When the Cyclops returns, he kills several of Odysseus' men and eats them. Odysseus manages to escape, but his blinding of Polyphemus, who was a son of Poseidon, has terrible consequences. When Odysseus finally reveals his true identity to Polyphemus, the monster prays to his father for vengeance. This prayer brings about Poseidon's persecution of Odysseus and in Odysseus' return from Troy being significantly delayed.
