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To retrieve Elpenor's body; Odysseus and his crew returned to bury Elpenor's body properly.

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Q: Why did Odysseus and his men return to house of Circe?
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Why did Odysseus and his men return to the house of Circe?

To retrieve Elpenor's body; Odysseus and his crew returned to bury Elpenor's body properly.


What did Circe turn Odysseus' men into?

Circe turned Odysseus' men Into swine.


How did Circe treat Odysseus and his men at first?

Circe turns Odysseus' men into swine.


How is Odysseus able to negotiate with Circe the safe return of his men?

Hermes warns Odysseus before his encounter with the enchantress Circe, and gives Odysseus a magical herb to protect him from Circes' spells, as well as exact advice as to what to do. Circe tries to turn Odysseus into a pig but fails. Odysseus rushes Circe with his sword, but she acquiesces, and tries to bed Odysseus. Odysseus commands her to swear an oath to do him no further harm, and after she has, he beds her. Afterwards he refuses to eat, and explains he cannot until he sees his men. Circe retrieves them (as animals), and administers a drug to turn them back into normal. Odysseus tells his men to return to the ship.


What did Circe do to half of Odysseus' men?

Circe turned half of Odysseus' men into swine (pigs).


How long did Odysseus and his men stay with kirk?

If you mean Circe, his crew stays with her for an entire year. During this year, Elpenor falls drunkenly from her roof and dies. After encountering him in Hades, Odysseus and his crew return to Circe's house but don't stay too long. In the movie, however, Circe says that Odysseus had been in her bed for five years.


How did circe help and hinder Odysseus?

Circe hinders Odysseus by first turning his men into animals and delaying Odysseus' progress. Once Odysseus manages to resist her spell (with Hermes' help), Odysseus then take her to bed for her to turn his men back into humans. For a year after, Odysseus feasts and stays with Circe, which further delays his return to Ithaca. When Odysseus and his men feel it is time to leave, Circe helps Odysseus by advising him to visit the prophet Teiresias in the Underworld. There he learns of the dangers ahead of Scylla, Charybdis, the Sirens, and Helios' cattle.


What did circe warn Odysseus and his men?

the dangers that he would face at sea that is what circe warned odysseus.


What Odysseus' men are turn into pigs?

Circe, the sorceress, turned Odysseus' men into pigs before becoming his lover.Circe


Who asks Odysseus to leave circe?

Odysseus' crew men ask Odysseus to leave Circe's island after a year on her island.


What does Circe do to some of Odysseus' men?

Circe fed Odysseus' men a poisoned feast which turned them into animals, specifically swine.


What is circe doing when odysseus' men first see her?

Circe is singing while working at her loom, when Odysseus' men first see her.