Scylla eats each of the six men in a different head; Scylla is six-headed.
In Homer's Odyssey, Scylla is described as snatching and devouring six men like fish from a ship's deck. This vivid simile emphasizes the speed and violence of Scylla's attack during the sailors' journey.
Odysseus successfully sailed his ship past Scylla and Charybdis, but Scylla managed to catch six of his men, devouring them alive.
The Devil and the Deep in the Odyssey refers to the Scylla and the Charybdis. The Scylla is a six headed monster who will take six of Odysseus's men. The Charybdis is a giant whirlpool that will consume and destroy Odysseus's entire ship. Odysseus decides to use the passage of Scylla and sacrifice six of his men.
By keeping the knowledge to himself he likely saved most his men, save the six that were lost to Scylla, as a ship divided as his men would have been would not have made it at all.
Scylla, she is a six headed monster who swallows a sailor for each head as a ship passes
Scylla only ate up six men at a time; Charybdis would wreck the ship by whirlpool.
Scylla snatched 6 of Odysseus' best men as they passed, one for each of Scylla's six heads.
Calypso told Odysseus that if he did not sacrifice six men to the Scylla he would lose his whole ship to Charybdis. If he had told his men of the dangers they might not have agreed to sail through Scylla's passage.
What does Odysseus compare to the way Scylla snatched his six men from their boat?
Odysseus uses intelligence during his encounter with Scylla by strategizing to minimize his losses. Knowing he cannot defeat Scylla, he chooses to sacrifice some of his men to save the ship and the rest of the crew. This demonstrates his cunning and ability to make tough decisions for the greater good.
Odysseus' crew lost six men when passing Scylla, one man for each head of Scylla.
According to Homer's Odyssey, six of Odysseus' men were eaten alive by Scylla.