Scylla and Charybdis

The Odyssey is the most famous epic in all of Greek mythology. The purpose of The Odyssey was to teach the reader about life lessons. Since it is so long, a reader can gain multiple pieces of wisdom from this single story. One of the best known sections of The Odyssey is The Sirens, in which Odysseus and his crew are tempted by the song the beautiful sirens sing. Thanks to Circe, Odysseus knows that he must resist the urge to jump into the water with the sirens because it will lead to death. To

otherwise when he faced Scylla and was tempted by the Cattle of the Sun God. Odysseus was not a strong leader and ultimately contributed to the destruction of his own men because Odysseus chose to sacrifice his own crew rather than himself and Odysseus didn’t take responsibility for his actions that were detrimental to his crew. The story of Scylla and Charybdis, is it clear that Odysseus cares for his own safety more than his own men. Odysseus chose to loose six men to Scylla and not tell his men

Surely, Odysseus rule his fair portion of negative qualities. He has been full of pride and minuscule/short bold and obnoxious. The question is whether Odysseus has shown vigor and perseverance on his peregrination? Odysseus has been on a ten year journey endeavoring to return to his hometown Ithaca, and to his faithful and allegiant wife Penelope, and only son Telemachus. In order to make it home Odysseus will have to endure nature, monsters, perfidious terrain, and the gods. Some synonyms for

with Charybdis, a whirlpool, which could swallow his entire ship, or take a more certain route, Scylla, the six headed man-eating monster, which is bound to consume exactly six of his men. Surprisingly, Circe advises Odysseus to evade Scylla and he does just that. Homer's description of Scylla is limited to Circe's perspective, while Odysseus' encounter is so action packed it leaves little room to describe Scylla beyond her gory physical attributes. Circe describes the gods' view of Scylla by saying

"I am Laertes' son Odysseus, men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war: this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim." (1047) Odysseus is an epic hero in The Odyssey and exhibits three character traits that assuredly stand out to readers. Those traits are intelligence, compassion, and determination. When trapped in a cave and held captive Odysseus makes a hasty, but intelligent decision to spare his captor's life. His captor just happened to be a Cyclops. Odysseus was astute in his decision

choices involve the lives of those from whom one leads. This hasn’t been more prevalent than in book twelve of the Odyssey. Odysseus is faced with two hard choices, he could sail his ship close to Charybdis and risk the destruction of his ship and the death of all his crew, or sail his ship towards Scylla guaranteeing his ship will survive, but six of his men will not. Odysseus chooses the latter. The lesson learned here is that it is better to sacrifice the few to save the many. Of the many virtues

them. Odysseus had his crew tie him to the mast of the boat so he could listen with out being eaten while his crew filled their ears with beeswax. Charybdis and Scylla: Charybdis and Scylla are monsters who live on either side of a narrow passage that Odysseus' ship has to go through. Charybdis is a giant whirl pool that will destroy an entire ship. Scylla

In the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer, Odysseus goes through many trials while trying to return home from the Trojan War. On his voyage home, he must visit the Land of the Dead, evade the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis and when he does arrive home, participate in a tricky reunion with his wife, Penelope. All of these examples show that Odysseus has extreme determination and perseverance. Perseverance is an excellent quality that few possess which can spark achievement. In the “Land of the

of them ever stopped him from trying to get home to Ithaca to see his wife and son. Even though he had many road blocks the ones that stick out the most to me are when Odysseus got stuck on calypso’s island, and when he and his crew reached Scylla and Charybdis. One of the big blocks in the road for Odysseus and was getting stuck on Calypso’s island, which delayed him in his travels for about seven years, that’s seven years that he could have spent on the sea trying to get home but instead he was

Calypso was the woman who saved Odysseus she kept him in her island for seven years she made him his lover, but he never felt the same way about her he always would think about the day that he would go home to his wife and son. The only reason that Calypso let Odysseus leave was because Zeus he sent the messenger of the gods to tell her to let Odysseus go home to his people and wife. Calypso was fearful of zeus power at the same time she was angry that she has to let go of Odysseus since she was