But on the spot I told them: 'Back, and quickly!
Out to sea again!' My men were mutinous,
fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep
they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle,
feasting, – while fugitives went inland, running
to call to arms the main force of Cicones.
-The Odyssey,
Homer
What motivates Odysseus’s men to ignore his orders to leave quickly?
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Lord Helios, the sun god, has killed Odysseus's men for eating his cattle.
His boat has crashed, and the crew is shipwrecked on the Isle of Man.
The crew has been attacked by an army at Cicones.
Zeus has sent a huge sea storm.
Some of the men have eaten the lotus flower and had to be rescued.
- Lord Helios, the sun god, has killed Odysseus's men for eating his cattle.
- The crew has been attacked by an army at Cicones.
- Zeus has sent a huge sea storm.
- Some of the men have eaten the lotus flower and had to be rescued
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