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Zeus strikes their ship with a lightning bolt because Helios threatened to pull the sun to the underworld unless Odysseus and his men atone for their crime.

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How do even more men die after bag incident book 9 Odysseus?

They die because they did not listen to Odysseus when he told them to not eat the sun god's cattle. They however did not listen to him and some of the cows, so the sun god punished them and killed them.


Why did Zeus throw a thunderbolt at Odysseus?

Zeus did not throw a thunderbolt at Odysseus. In the Odyssey, Zeus actually sends a storm to disrupt Odysseus' journey home as punishment for his men eating the cattle of the sun god Helios. Odysseus himself avoids direct retribution from Zeus.


What happens to Odysseus at the end of the story?

Zeus destroys their ship because the sun god asked Zeus to punish Odysseus man for eating his sacred cattle and Zeus destroys their ship with a thunder bolt and only Odysseus survived


The god whose cattle was consumed by odysseus's crew?

Helios


The god whose cattle was consumed by Odysseus' crew?

Hyperions


What did Odysseus do that resulted in their death?

They ate the sun god's cattle


What happens to Odysseus' ship at the end of the story?

Zeus destroys their ship because the sun god asked Zeus to punish Odysseus man for eating his sacred cattle and Zeus destroys their ship with a thunder bolt and only Odysseus survived


What is Odysseus' warning to his men as they approach shore in the cattle if the son god?

To not kill any cattle


What is Odysseus doing when the men slaughter the cattle?

Odysseus is sleeping when the cattle are slaughtered.


What the men killed on the island of the sun?

In Greek mythology, the men killed on the Island of the Sun were the crew of Odysseus' ship. They disobeyed his orders not to harm the sacred cattle of the sun god, Helios, and were punished by being struck down by Zeus with a thunderbolt.


What is the summary of the odyssey the cattle of the sun god?

I guess you mean what is the cattle of the sun IN the Odyssey. It was the cattle of the sun god. It was cattle sacred to Helios, the sun god. Odysseus's' sailors hinted down this cattle while they were stranded on an island. Helios demanded that Zeus punish the men for the sacrilege. They were shipwrecked. Everyone died except for Odysseus,


What is demostrated by Odysseus failure to wake up and prevent his men from slaughtering the sun god cattle?

Odysseus exhaustion is demonstrated by his failure to wake up and prevent his men from slaughtering the sun god cattle. It was a squall that forced them to land were the cattle were.