86 men on 12 ships
ismaros/kikones
Odysseus took twelve men into Polythemus' cave besides himself.
to the island of the cicones
In A Giant Wooden Horse.
Odysseus' crew men ask Odysseus to leave Circe's island after a year on her island.
Troy. Later, they plundered Ismarus, in the land of the Cicones.
Odysseus' men are undisciplined and battle-drunk from their victories at Troy. Odysseus made errors in command by not insisting that the men come back. Odysseus and his men can be defeated if countered with enough force. People who endlessly pursue war will eventually be beaten.
It is said Scylla ate thousands of men as they passed by or tried to fight her. In particular, 6 of Odysseus' men were eaten as they came home from the Siege of Troy.
After Odysseus' triumph at the battle of Troy, on his way home to Ithaca, Poseidon punished Odysseus for his cruel selfishness by banishing him on the island of the Cicones where him and his crew slaughtered many men and raped the women there.
Troy. Later, they plundered Ismarus, in the land of the Cicones.
They ate the sun god's cattle.
Odysseus told his men to leave the Sun God's cattle alone, but they disobeyed him. This is because they were starving.