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.
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
The Devil and the Deep in the Odyssey refers to the Scylla and the Charybdis. The Scylla is a six headed monster who will take six of Odysseus's men. The Charybdis is a giant whirlpool that will consume and destroy Odysseus's entire ship. Odysseus decides to use the passage of Scylla and sacrifice six of his men.