to stay away from helios castle
the way home will be filled with troubled.
the blind prophet, teiresias
To stay away from Helio's cattle He needs to do some things in order to speak to his mother.
The blind Theban prophet that Odysseus meets in the Underworld is Tiresias, also spelled Teiresias.
Odysseus would like the blind prophet Teiresias to tell him how to get home safely.
A.his journey home will be filled with trouble.
Circe insists that Odysseus go to the underworld to consult with the blind Theban prophet Teiresias.
Teiresias does no such thing. He tells Odysseus all he needs to know.
Teiresias tells Odysseus to avoid the herds of Helios cattle on Thrinakia. Teiresisas saw that if Odysseus and men ate the cattle it would bring about their destruction.
Not to kill them, which Odysseus warns his men not do to - and which they do anyway to their doom.
Teiresias is a blind prophet who Odysseus seeks for help in the underworld in "The Odyssey" by Homer. Because Teiresias is blind, he has 'inner sight', and can see things others cannot, such as the future.
1) Don't listen to the Sirens Song2) Race as quickly as possible past Skylla and lose 6 men3) to go to the underworld