Book+XII

=The Odyssey - Book XII= Circe tells odysseus that he will have more hardship on his journey back home, and worns him not to kill any of Hellios the sun gods cattle or sheep. He has to go past the singing sirens, so his men must put beas wax in there ears so they dont hear their song, and lose all hope of seeing Ithica. But odysseus is the only exception and he tells his men that they must tie him up to the mast of the ship, and if he beggs and pleads for them to untie him they must tie him even tighter untill they are safe from the sirens.

Circe also tells Odesseus that he will have to make the desision of going through the shifting rocks where he would face certain death or go through the clifs that the multi-headed monster, scylla, on one side, and the swirling vortex of death, Charybdis, on the other. Scylla and Charybdis Odysseus decides to sacrifice a few men in the jaws of Scylla, for the life of himself and the rest of the ship. After they pass Scylla, they take refuge on the island that the sun god's cattle live. Then a huge storm and winds going to wrong direction keep them from leaving.. This angers Hellios, and so he tells zeus what happened and askes him if he could help get revenge. As punishment Zues conjurs up a great storm that takes down odysseuses ship and kills odysseus entire crew. Odysseus is the only one who survives because he didnt eat any of the cattle, and Odysseus gets washed to shore of an unknown island. Helios cattle