Scylla

Odysseus needed to make a choice between Scylla, a six-headed serpent that eats six men, and Charybdis, a whirlpool with teeth that engulfs in everything and spits it out three times a day. “ In Greek mythology, Scylla[2] (/ˈsɪlə/ SIL-ə; Greek: Σκύλλα, pronounced [skýl̚la], Skylla) was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis…

only a few men over losing them all. While visiting an island, a witch named Circe gave him a sound piece of advice while giving him his future: “Hug the cliff of Scylla, take your ship through on a racing stroke. Better than to mourn six men than lose them all, and the ship too.” This means that Odysseus should pass by the island of Scylla and guarantee a loss of a few men rather than pass by the whirlpool named Charybdis and risk losing everyone and getting his ship destroyed. He decided to…

them advice about Scylla and Charybdis. Odysseus says, “[Odysseus] Only instruct me, goddess, if you will, how, if possible can I pass Charybdis [...] Swiftly the loveliest goddess answered me” (Homer 1233). From this quote, one can tell that the goddess Circe is helping Odysseus pass Scylla and Charybdis which makes her an ally. The purpose of this archetype is to show that even someone like Odysseus still needs help to finish a task. When Odysseus and his men are about to face Scylla, he is…

Journey of Death Odysseus is the said hero in Homer’s epic The Odyssey, though his actions speak louder than his words. The Odyssey is the returning journey of Odysseus for ten years with an additional ten years from the Trojan War. On his journey he finds monsters, beasts, and gods. He also kills every single person in his crew “on accident”. Although Homer intended to portray Odysseus as a hero, he does not deserve the title of hero because of his self-centeredness causing his crew an…

monsters they have to overcome. Scylla was one of the monsters the men encountered. She lived on the water they needed to cross and they ultimately needed to sacrifice six men to get past her. She was described as, “Scylla's no mortal, she's an immortal devastation, terrible, savage, wild, no fighting her” (Odyssey. 12, 128-130). Scylla plays a awful monster and is spoken so negatively of and never given a true character. She is only seen by physical characteristics. Scylla role is to show the…

in the fictional book written by homer, The odyssey, & in the nonfiction book written by krakauer, Into Thin Air, the main characters experience extreme guilt. Both characters experience different types of guilt for different reasons, like withholding information or not helping someone in need. In some ways the men’s experiences are similar. Both men lose their companions large numbers & fight for their lives against the elements of nature. On the other hand, in some other ways they are very…

drink and drive they put their lives and other people’s lives in jeopardy. Even though it is a law, just like how Odysseus disobeys his own orders, people disobey the law. Odysseus, the legendary war hero, was told by the goddess Circe not to fight Scylla. On page 275, line 148, Circe warned him about the sun god’s…

Odysseus is seen as a hero and leader by all his comrades who returned from the Trojan War. According to his fellow commanders, like Menelaus, he has strength, courage and restraint. In Ithaca, preceding the war, Odysseus was viewed as a kind merciful king, adored by his people. Though when voyaging home, Odysseus displays his stubbornness in making decisions, overcome by the need to gain glory and prestige above all else. Following a daring escape from the cyclops’ lair, Odysseus and his men…

The Odyssey, an epic written by the blind bard Homer, describes the tumultuous journey filled with twists and turns that an epic hero named Odysseus undertakes in order to return to his beloved homeland, Ithaca. Odysseus shepherds a crew of men on his ship as they ride the turbulent waves on their journey home. Odysseus is a fit leader for his crew, because he exemplifies three qualities of a competent leader: devotion, the ability to listen to underlings, and the prowess to make onerous…

Odyssey, when Odysseus had to keep going on the boat, up ahead, there were two decisions that Odysseus had to make. One was to go by Scylla, but he would lose six men, or to go the other route, which would be going into Charybelis, that is a swirlie in the water, but it would take everything of his, including his ship. He didn’t tell his men that he was going to go by Scylla because they all would’ve…