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    Sirens, Ghouls, Freakish Cattle, and Whirlpools

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    The document summarizes events from Book 12 of The Odyssey, including Odysseus being instructed to put wax in his crew's ears and have himself tied to the mast to avoid the irresistible song of the sirens. It also describes Odysseus and his crew fighting the monsters Scylla and Charybdis and visiting the island of the sun god Apollo before distrustful Eurylochus convinces the crew to kill Apollo's sacred cattle, angering the god and sending them back into danger.

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    The document summarizes events from Book 12 of The Odyssey, including Odysseus being instructed to put wax in his crew's ears and have himself tied to the mast to avoid the irresistible song of the sirens. It also describes Odysseus and his crew fighting the monsters Scylla and Charybdis and visiting the island of the sun god Apollo before distrustful Eurylochus convinces the crew to kill Apollo's sacred cattle, angering the god and sending them back into danger.

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    The document summarizes events from Book 12 of The Odyssey, including Odysseus being instructed to put wax in his crew's ears and have himself tied to the mast to avoid the irresistible song of the sirens. It also describes Odysseus and his crew fighting the monsters Scylla and Charybdis and visiting the island of the sun god Apollo before distrustful Eurylochus convinces the crew to kill Apollo's sacred cattle, angering the god and sending them back into danger.

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    Sirens, Ghouls, Freakish Cattle, and Whirlpools

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    The document summarizes events from Book 12 of The Odyssey, including Odysseus being instructed to put wax in his crew's ears and have himself tied to the mast to avoid the irresistible song of the sirens. It also describes Odysseus and his crew fighting the monsters Scylla and Charybdis and visiting the island of the sun god Apollo before distrustful Eurylochus convinces the crew to kill Apollo's sacred cattle, angering the god and sending them back into danger.

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    Sirens, Ghouls, Freakish

    cattle, and Whirlpools


    Book 12 of The Odyssey
    The Best Karaoke Singers

    • Odysseus is given instructions on


    passing the irresistible sirens.
    – Put candle wax in your crew’s ears
    – Never stop paddling
    – If you cannot resist the song, have
    yourself tied to the mast.
    – Anyone not tied down will be lured to a
    death that is not as beautiful as the
    singing.
    Fighting Two Weird Monsters

    • Scylla • Charybdis
    – Ghoul of the cliffs – Monster/whirlpool
    – Swoops off of her – Sucks men and
    high cliffs to pick off ships down
    unfortunate men
    A Sad But Sunny Island

    • Apollo’s Island of the sun


    • Beloved Cattle of Apollo

    • Distrustful Eurylochus

    • Peril on the seas when they are


    finally permitted to leave.
    (Continued)

    • Circe’s food supply runs out


    • Eurylochus incites the crew to kill
    some of the Cattle of the sun
    • Mistake costs Odysseus more men
    when the winds send him south back
    into the territory of Charybdis
    • Odysseus is stranded on Calypsos
    island
    Don’t try this at home

    • Don’t
    – Go up against sirens without earplugs
    – Try to fight off Scylla and Charybdis
    – Kill Apollo’s Cattle of the Sun

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