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They get greedy, not trusting in Odysseus, and open the bag of winds when they were almost at Ithaca, thinking the bag contained treasure. The unleashed winds blow them far back away from their home

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When Odysseus escaped from the Sirens, his ship had to pass between two dangerous sea monsters: Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla, a six-headed creature, would snatch sailors from the ship, while Charybdis was a whirlpool that threatened to swallow the entire vessel. This treacherous passage forced Odysseus to make a difficult choice and sacrifice some of his crew to navigate safely through the perilous waters.


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Some myths say that after Odysseus left them they drowned themselves for letting a ship of men by them unmoved. This isn't likely, as the Argonauts fled them previously, and they were said to have murdered a son of Odysseus, Telemachos.


Why was Helios mad at odysseus and his men?

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Were the sirens killed in greek mythology?

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How does Odysseus escape from calypso's isle?

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Who tells Odysseus to steer the ship in between the two sea monsters from odyssey?

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Do people around you openly accept their mistakes and make efforts to correct them?

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