The men ate things known as Lotus plants which cause them to lose sense of time andwant to stay on the island. In this case, Odysseus must convince his men to notstay and to try to return to their home with him.
The Sirens
We can't hear you
Odysseus and his crewbecome stranded on an island with a Cyclopes. In the Cyclops cave he soonstarts to eat several men at an increasing rate. They are able to get out bytying themselves under the sheep and getting out of the cave. They then go backto their ship and escape the island, but many men died on the island.
Scylla and Charybdis
He will have totravel to the Land of the Dead. Because he made a sacrifice, he follows theinstructions and summons Teiresias. When Teiresias. When Teiresias returns, heinforms Odysseus that Poseidon will use all of his might to revenge theCyclops. He is to offer a sacrifice to the gods and live his life in peace oncehe has put things right at home and go home to a remote, pristine location.
Cattle of The Sun God
Lets Eat some cattle
Odysseusreturns to Circe’s Island. The sirens started to sing and lure the crew andOdysseus to their island. They cause crews to come close to their island andthen cause shipwrecks to happen. Odysseus tells them to ignore them, but he canhear the sirens, so he tells his crew to tie him down. They tie him in themiddle of the boat and don’t let him lose until they can’t hear the Sirens anymore.
Odysseus sails and meets Scylla a giant monster. Scylla tried to eat him, and Odysseus had to sail right in between, but she still managed to eat 6 of his men.
Hang on!!! There's a monster ahead!
In the cattle of the Sun God, Odysseus goes up to the island to pray to the Godsfor help. On the way there his ship ran out of food and there were many storms.Odysseus met up with Eurylochus which convinced him to drive off the bestcattle to sacrifice them to the Gods. During the process Odysseus lost six menin total. He escaped the island by swimming all the way to Calypso’s Island.