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Next they encountered Kharybdis, who swallows the sea in a whirlpool, then spits it up again. “When she vomited, all the sea is like a cauldron seething over intense fire.” Avoiding this catastrophe Odysseus and his men skirt the cliff where Skylla exacts her toll. Each of her six serpent-like heads grabbed a sailor in its jaws and wolfed him down. | Next they encountered Kharybdis, who swallows the sea in a whirlpool, then spits it up again. “When she vomited, all the sea is like a cauldron seething over intense fire.” Avoiding this catastrophe Odysseus and his men skirt the cliff where Skylla exacts her toll. Each of her six serpent-like heads grabbed a sailor in its jaws and wolfed him down. | ||
After circumventing these disasters, Odysseus warns his men that Teiresias and Kirke both told him to stay away from the island of the Sun. However, they do not listen; they disregard all warnings and | |||
After circumventing these disasters, Odysseus warns his men that Teiresias and Kirke both told him to stay away from the island of the Sun. However, they do not listen; they disregard all warnings and slaughter Helios’ cattle. Afterward, when they are back at sea, Zeus destroys Odysseus’ ship with a thunderbolt, at Helios’ pleading. Odysseus alone survives and washes up on the island of Kalypso, where he has been held for the last seven years. | |||
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