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he made his crew put wax earplugs in their ears. he himself wanted to hear the sirens beautiful music, so he asked his crew to tie him to the mast, the foundation of a sail. Odysseus's crew ties Odysseus very tightly to the mast, and disarmed him. When the were going past the sirens, Odysseus was screaming and yelling at his crew to let him go to the sirens. The crew obviously did not hear him because they had the wax ear plugs. That is how Odysseus saved his crew from the sirens.
Odysseus' crew men ask Odysseus to leave Circe's island after a year on her island.
Both Circe and Calypso kept Odysseus on their respective islands. Circe kept Odysseus and his crew for a year.
Odysseus' crew asked to go home after a year on Circe's island.
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In Homer's "The Odyssey," the sorceress Circe advises Odysseus on how to safely navigate past the Sirens. She tells him to plug the ears of his crew with beeswax and directs him to have himself tied to the ship's mast so he can hear the Sirens' song without succumbing to their enchantment.
they lashed him to the mast.
they lashed him to the mast
they lashed him to the mast.
Yes, Odysseus and his crew were tempted by the Sirens' enchanting song as they passed by. In order to resist their allure, Odysseus had his men plug their ears with beeswax and had himself tied to the ship's mast to avoid succumbing to the Sirens' song.
They have wax in their ears so that they can not hear the sirens' singing.
They have wax in their ears so that they can not hear the sirens' singing.