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The Wanderings of Odysseus
Ten years of monsters, gods, and near-returns
The series of adventures Odysseus recounts in Odyssey IX–XII, from the fall of Troy to his departure from Caly…
The Sirens
Singers of the sea · the song that kills
Female singers who live on an island and lure sailors to their deaths with a song that promises knowledge and …
Scylla
The cliff-monster · the price of passing Charybdis
A monster who lives in a cave on a high cliff opposite Charybdis. She has six heads and twelve legs, and she s…
Charybdis
The whirlpool · the other terror of the strait
A monstrous whirlpool that swallows the sea three times a day and spits it out again. Circe warns Odysseus to …
The Lotus Fruit
The fruit that makes men forget home
The fruit eaten by the Lotus-eaters, which makes those who taste it forget their homes and their desire to ret…