The crew kills the cattle to have food to sustain themselves during their journey. They do this in order to survive and not succumb to the effects of the lotus eaters' island, which induces a sense of forgetfulness and complacency.
The lotus eaters did not kill Odysseus's men, but they did pose a significant threat to them. When Odysseus's crew encountered the lotus eaters, they consumed the intoxicating lotus flower, which caused them to forget their desire to return home. As a result, the men became lethargic and unwilling to continue their journey, effectively endangering their mission and lives. Odysseus had to intervene and bring them back to the ship to escape the influence of the lotus.
Calypso -The external conflict with Calypso is when she was having an affair with the married Odysseus and she wanted him for herself. The resolution came when Athena begged Zeus to allow Calypso to free Odysseus. And it worked. Lotus Eaters -The external conflict was when the Lotus Eaters refused to go home because of their addictions to the Lotus plants. The resolution came when Odysseus tricked the Lotus Eaters to go home by placing all the Lotus plants on the ship. Cyclops -The external conflict was when Odysseus and his men wandered into the cave and then the Cyclops came and blocked the only entrance/exit with giant boulder. The resolution came when the Cyclops was about to eat Odysseus and his men and then Odysseus blinded him and then hid in the wool of the Cyclops' sheep and escaped. Alive. Circe -The external conflict was when Circe transformed Odysseus's men into pigs when he lands on her island. The resolution came with Hermes' help. Odysseus resists Circe's powers and then becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year. Sirens: Scylla and Charybdis -The external conflict was Sirens lured sailors to their death. They would persuade them in and kill them. The resolution was Odysseus made earplugs for his men and had them tie them up.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
After Odysseus kills the Helios' cattle, he is not sure what to do. He realizes it was a mistake and shortly afterward they kill his crew.
They come to Helios' island. They agree to Odysseus' demand that they not eat the sacred cattle. After some days they are starving. Finally, when Odysseus is asleep, the mutinous Eurylokhos pleads with them to slaughter and eat some of the cattle.
Odysseus was told not to harm Helios' cattle on the island of Thrinacia, as they were sacred to the god. Disobeying this warning would bring about severe consequences for Odysseus and his crew, as it did when they slaughtered the cattle out of hunger and faced the wrath of Helios.
In The Odyssey, Helios is the sun god who owns a herd of immortal cattle that live on the island of Thrinacia. When Odysseus and his crew land on the island, they kill and eat some of the cattle despite warnings not to, which angers Helios and leads to dire consequences for the crew.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.