Odysseus successfully sailed his ship past Scylla and Charybdis, but Scylla managed to catch six of his men, devouring them alive.
They all get eaten by scylla
According to Homer's Odyssey, six of Odysseus' men were eaten alive by Scylla.
Odysseus' crew lost six men when passing Scylla, one man for each head of Scylla.
Odysseus goes through the Sirens by putting beeswax in their ears. Odysseus is tied to the mast while the Sirens are surrounding them and is begging for his soilders to untie him but they don't. He goes through Scylla by just going past it, letting 6 of his men get eaten by Scylla. And he sailed closer to Scylla to get past Charybdis.
The monster that took six of Odysseus's men was Scylla. Scylla is depicted as a sea creature with multiple heads, and she dwells in a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. When Odysseus and his crew sailed past her lair, she snatched six of his men from the ship. This encounter is part of Odysseus's journey home in Homer's epic, "The Odyssey."
Odysseus chose Scylla, and lost 6 men to her arms.
Odysseus goes through the Sirens by putting beeswax in their ears. Odysseus is tied to the mast while the Sirens are surrounding them and is begging for his soilders to untie him but they don't. He goes through Scylla by just going past it, letting 6 of his men get eaten by Scylla. And he sailed closer to Scylla to get past Charybdis.
She captures six of Odysseus' men and eats them alive
Scylla snatched 6 of Odysseus' best men as they passed, one for each of Scylla's six heads.
What does Odysseus compare to the way Scylla snatched his six men from their boat?
Scylla grabs 6 of Odysseus' best men and devours them. Helpless to do anything, the men row quickly to escape both Scylla and Charybdis.
the monster Scylla has six heads so it eats 6 men of Odysseus, one for each head