The Odyssey Short Answer Study Guide 2024.

The Odyssey Short Answer Study Guide 2024. In the episode of the lotus eaters how does Odysseus handle the men who ate the lotus? What does he understand that his men do not? - ANSWER When they arrive in the land of the Lotus Eaters, Odysseus sends out a total of three men (2 men and a runner) to explore the island. These three men eat the Lotus and lose "their hope of home," which means they forget about their entire goal: to go back to Ithaca. Odysseus warns the rest of his men not to eat the Lotus and ties up the three men in an attempt to bring them home anyway. He understands that eating the plant will make you want to stay on the island. In the episode of the cattle of the sun god, why does the crew kill the cattle? - ANSWER Odysseus made the men swear an oath not to eat any cattle, but they were trapped on the island for a month by an inopportune wind; eventually their stores ran out and the men began to starve. One day Odysseus fell asleep, and Eurylochus convinced the men to eat the Cattle of the Sun: it's better to die at sea from the wrath of the gods, he said, than to die of hunger. How does Odysseus react to this action - ANSWER Odysseus is furious and disappointed when he wakes up and finds that his crew has killed the cattle of the sun god. They broke their oath to him by doing so, and he knows that this action will mean their destruction. He blames Zeus and the gods for making him sleep on the day his crew would contrive the plan to kill the kine of Helios. What does Odysseus' reaction show about the importance of gods to him? - ANSWER damn this question (IF U KNOW THE ANSWER U ARE ABLE TO EDIT THIS PLZ FOSAFHVB)