They hear the sound of animals such as sheep and go hunting them down so they can get food.
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 is a character in The Odyssey. His hubris dooms the crew as he was warned not to hear the song of the sirens. However, he does so anyway.
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.
Odysseus stuffed his crew's ears with beeswax, and ordered them to lash him to the mast with double rope. That way the crew and ship with Odysseus could safely pass the Sirens and, only he could hear their song but not join them.
Siren try to lure not only Odysseus and his crew but every ship near them with their beautiful songs. Odysseus knows that they are getting close to them that's why he ordered his crew to seal their ears with wax. He wanted to hear the song so he ordered them to tie him on the deck and not untie him even if he screams or orders them.
Odysseus had his men plug their ears with beeswax, so they couldn't hear the sirens' enchanting song. Meanwhile, Odysseus wanted to hear the song while remaining safe, so he had his men tie him to the ship's mast to prevent himself from being lured by the sirens' voices. This way, he could experience the allure of the sirens without endangering himself or his crew.
To stop them from hearing the Sirens Song. that and he wanted to hear the singing of the sirens because it is told that their voice holds wisdom. so he put wax in his crew's ears so that they wouldn't hear the singing. then they tied him to the head of the ship and sailed. the reason that the crew couldn't hear the singing is if a crew hears the singing the start to drift into the rocks and there they crash.
He had his crew's ears filled with beeswax to make them deaf so they couldn't hear the sirens' song. He himself was securely tied to the mast. Odysseus was warned by an oracle to do such, since otherwise the singing of the three sirens would have lured all of them to certain death.
he told them to tie him so he couldn't leave and asked them to put wax in their ears so they couldn't hear the song.
Only one person was needed to signal to the crew mates when the sirens were singing. The others were needed to sail or row the ship.
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