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Q: Did Helios help or hinder Odysseus?
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Why does Helios get mad at Odysseus?

Helios became angry at Odysseus' men because they ate his cattle. It was because of that slip-up that Helios had Zeus obliterate Odysseus' crew.


How did circe help and hinder Odysseus?

Circe hinders Odysseus by first turning his men into animals and delaying Odysseus' progress. Once Odysseus manages to resist her spell (with Hermes' help), Odysseus then take her to bed for her to turn his men back into humans. For a year after, Odysseus feasts and stays with Circe, which further delays his return to Ithaca. When Odysseus and his men feel it is time to leave, Circe helps Odysseus by advising him to visit the prophet Teiresias in the Underworld. There he learns of the dangers ahead of Scylla, Charybdis, the Sirens, and Helios' cattle.


What were Odysseus' men forbidden from in Helios'?

Odysseus' men were forbidden to slay and or eat the cattle of Helios' island.


The god whose cattle odysseus' crew consumed?

hyperion or Helios


What advice was Odysseus given regarding Helios?

Odysseus was told by Tiresias not to kill Helios' cattle, or let his crew members kill them either.


What was odysseus' reaction after killing Helios' cattle?

After Odysseus kills the Helios' cattle, he is not sure what to do. He realizes it was a mistake and shortly afterward they kill his crew.


What does Tiresias predict will happen if Odysseus radis the herds of Helios?

he told Odysseus that if him or his men touched the cattle they would be punished and killed by Helios, the owner of the cattle. Odysseus's men die before they reach their homes.


Why do Odysseus' men beg him to stop on Helios' island?

They see Helios' cattle and want to steal some.


Why did Odysseus eat the cattle of Helios?

They were starving and they wanted filling foods, so they disobeyed Odysseus.


Why do Odysseus' men get killed by Helios?

They eat Helios' cattle, and he finds out. He tells Zeus to kill them, Zeus does so by making a storm at sea. Everyone dies except Odysseus.


Why do Odysseus and his men stay longer than planned on the island of Helios?

Because they eat Helios' cattle and that made Helio even more angry with Odysseus. Do to this, he destroyed their ship.


Why did Zeus destroy Odysseus' ship?

because Odysseus' crew ate Helios' herd and Helios got angry and threatened to move the sun into the underworld if Zeus didnt retalliate