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Odysseus did not warn hiscrew about Scylla because he was afraid they would all hide under the decks and not fight the monster. He needed them to be brave, so they could escape the narrow passage between Scylla and Charybdis

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According to Homer's Odyssey, six of Odysseus' men were eaten alive by Scylla.


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