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Odysseus' men were into danger out at sea, but he gave all orders to continue sailing. Eventually Odysseus didn't say anything because he didn't want to scare any crew members. Charybdis was very hungry but ended up vomiting into the sea. A rapid storm was at their feet when water was swallowed and created a whirlpool. 6 men got thrown from the ship. Fish was caught and eaten by members on the ship.
Quote:" My men all blanched against the gloom, our eyes were fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear of being devoured." (Homer 1009-1010)
You can't take away the nervousness of the massacre in front of you.

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Circe foresaw and told Odysseus what he should do. Odysseus tells his men they need to tie him up and if he yells to untie him they won't do it. Odysseus gives them all beeswax so they don't have to hear the Sirens song because it is only meant for Odysseus.
Quote: "... yet she urged that I alone should listen to their song. Therefore you are to tie me up, tight as a splint, erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and if I shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope to muffle me" (Homer 1005).
Being told what to do isn't always a bad thing.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Eurylochus asks the crew if they would like to kill and sacrifice the cattle, they agreed and killed the cattle while Odysseus was sleeping.
Quote: "Comrades, he said, You've gone through everything: Listen to what I have to say: All deaths are hateful to us, mortal wretches, but famine is the most pitful the worst end that a man can come to" (Homer 1011).
Some people have a worse day than feeling hungry.

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Odysseus and his men go to the land of the dead in order to talk to the blind prophet, Tiresias, to know if they'll get home.
Quote:  "why leave the blazing sun, O man of woe, to see the cold dead and the joyless region?" (Homer  1002).
Let the unexpected events happen even when it is wrong.

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The Cyclops is a one-eyed monster who comes upon Odysseus and other men in his cave. The Cyclops isn't very welcoming of them, he receives the gift of wine in hopes to become drunk and so Odysseus can blind him. The men figured that if they killed the cyclops the wouldn't have a way out.  Odysseus escapes with the help of the rams. The cyclops persuades them to come back, they don't.
Quote: "Come back, Odysseus, and Ill treat you well, praying the god of earthquake to befriend you..." (Homer 997)
Be cautious of what you take from others.

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Odysseus and his men land on the island of the Lotus Eaters. He sends two men to go check and then they fell in with them and Odysseus had to drag them back to the ship and threaten his men.
Quote: "All hands aboard; come, clear the beach and no one taste the Lotus, or you lose your hope of home" (Homer 985).
The peaceful times may not always be the greatest.

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Odysseus is on is way to go home to Ithaca from Troy, but the gods are upset with him and make him have a hard time to arrive home.
Quote: "What of those years of rough adventure, weathered under Zeus?" (Homer 983).
Sometimes life makes obstacles challenging, like a needle in a haystack.