Filled their ears with candle wax so they wouldn't hear the Sirens' song.
They plugged their ears with wax
If you are talking about the Sirens story: because he wanted to protect his men from the Sirens' singing, but he wanted to hear their songs himself.
He wanted to experience the singing of the sirens.
The song of the Sirens hypnotized his men into yearning to sail toward the island at which they resided luring them to their doom.
him leaving calypso's island the sirens etc
Filled their ears with candle wax so they wouldn't hear the Sirens' song.
they lashed him to the mast.
they lashed him to the mast
Filled their ears with candle wax so they wouldn't hear the Sirens' song.
they lashed him to the mast.
They tied him to the mast and they plugged their ears, they let Odysseus listen b/c that is what he wanted, since he is curious.
Sirens cause shipwrecks to protect their existence.
Anthemoessa.
Mostly they say Anthemoessa, a lost island or series of islands, but there were other islands at sea that were known to wreck ships and hence be the lair of sirens.
They plugged their ears with wax
If you are talking about the Sirens story: because he wanted to protect his men from the Sirens' singing, but he wanted to hear their songs himself.
Treasure Island