eurylochus convinced odysseus to stop at the isle of helios the sun god.
eurylochus convinced odysseus to stop at the isle of helios the sun god.
who convinced odysseus to stop at the isle of helios the sun god?
eurylochus
when odysseus returns from circe having rescued the men, eurylochus insults odysseus. odysseus considers killing him but the crewmen drag them apart. after their reconciliation, circe advises odysseus to see the prophet tiresias for advice to go back home. tiresias instructs odysseus not to touch the cattle on the island of her father, the sun god helios, but eurylochus convinced the hungry and mutinous crew to kill and eat some of the god's cattle. as a punishment odysseus' ship is destroyed and all of his crew, including eurylochus, are killed in a storm sent by zeus. only odysseus survives.
eurylochus of same
they land on the island of thrinacia. there, odysseus' men ignore the warnings of tiresias and circe and hunt down the sacred cattle of the sun god helios. helios tells zeus what happened and demands odysseus' men be punished or else he will take the sun and shine it in the underworld. zeus fulfills helios' demands by causing a shipwreck during a thunderstorm in which all but odysseus drown. he washes ashore on the island of ogygia, where calypso compels him to remain as her lover for seven years. he finally escapes when hermes tells calypso to release odysseus.
odysseus