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He Thought that they would be good Dildos and when he got home his wife could use them when Odysseus needed to take a break while they where doing it.

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Odysseus was unable to keep his men from eating the cattle because he fell asleep. By the time he finally woke up, the men had already killed and eaten them.

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He was asleep.

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Odysseus made his men solemnly swear not to kill either the cattle or any large flocks of sheep that they might find on Thrinacia. After his men kill Helios' cattle, it is not explicitly said whether Odysseus partakes in eating the meat. All though he berates each man individually, he does not stop his men from killing the cattle, which they do for the next 6 days.


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