odyssey storyboard
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- As the journey to home began, Odysseus and his crew went past the sirens, with Odysseus tied up, and his men's ears covered to keep them safe from the siren's beautiful, but deadly voices.
- UNTIE ME!!!
- Soon they had passed Charybdis, thankfully, no one got eaten there. But the men were TERRIFIED!
- Safe and sound...
- To six men's demises, Scylla had struck and snatched and eaten 6 of Odysseus' men while taking them from surprise as the men screamed Odysseus' name for the last time before their demise was met.
- ODYSSEUS!!!
- Going forward I carried wax along the line, and laid it thick on their ears. They tied me up, then, plumb amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, and took themselves again to rowing. Soon, as we came smartly within hailing distance, the two Sirens, noting our fast shipoff their point, made ready, and they sang. (Homer 115-122)
- They all had soon came to the island where Helious' cattle lived, Odysseus tried to warn the men to not eat any of the cattle, but they didn't listen. Which had angered the sun god.
- But.. we're so hungry...
- But when she swallowed the sea water down we saw the funnel of the maelstrom, heard the rock bellowing all around, and dark sand raged on the bottom far below. My men all blanched gainst the gloom, our eyes were fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear of being devoured. (Homer 181-187)
- In order to appease Helios, Zeus strikes thunder to Odysseus' ship. Killing all the men except Odysseys, who is the only survivor.
- Then Scylla made her strike, whisking six of my best men from the ship. I happened to glance aft18 at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and legs, dangling high overhead. Voices came down to me in anguish, calling my name for the last time. (Homer 187-192)
- Odysseus drifts on a piece of driftwood from the destroyed boat to Ogygia, where the goddess Calypso, had then kept him there for seven years.
- Odysseus tries to persuade his men to bypass Thrinacia, the island of the sun god Helios, but they insist on landing. Driven by hunger,they ignore Odysseus’ warning not to feast on Helios’ cattle. This disobedience angers the sun god, who threatens to stop shining ifpayment is not made for the loss of his cattle. (Homer 206-208)
- NO! DO NOT EAT THE CATTLE!
- To appease Helios, Zeus sends down a thunderbolt to sink Odysseus’ ship. Odysseus alone survives. (Homer 208-209)
- *BOOM!*
- *BOOM!*
- He eventually drifts to Ogygia, the home of Calypso, who keeps him on her island for seven years. (Homer 209)
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