They eat the cows and Zeus decides to killthem.
While Odysseus is lured into sleep by Cronus, the crew eat the cattle of Helios, even though Odysseus specifically said not too.
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Odysseus does not take part in the killing of the cattle of the sun, only his crew members do. Therefore, while his ship is destroyed and his crew killed, as prophecised he survives by hanging on to a tree branch to avoid the whirlpool.
They ate Men, they were cannibals. Most of Odysseus' crew was eaten.
If his crew eat the Lotus, they will lose all desire to return home. Odysseus needs the men to return home himself, and he is responsible for these men.
Circe was an enchantress, and had Odysseus' crew eat a poisoned feast which would make them susceptible to the magic.
Zeus strikes all the ships killing everyone except Odysseus. They are punished because the crew did not listen to odysseus's warning to not eat Helios's cattle
he doesnt trust his crew (correctly) to not eat the cattle of the sun (Helios) but after an oath from his crew he lands on the island after which he gets another oath from them that they will not eat the cattle then they are stranded for 30 days on the island in which they run out of food the crew then eats the cattle of the sun while Odysseus is praying to the gods to give them food
Scylla snatched 6 of Odysseus' best men as they passed, one for each of Scylla's six heads.
Eurylochus was part of Odysseus' returning crew after the destruction of Troy. He convinced the crew to eat some of Helius' sacred cattle; this caused a lot of problems.