Aiaia

After the disasters on the last few islands I decided that I didn’t want to explore the new island, but Eurylokhos (second captain) wanted to, so I sent 20 men to explore. When this group neared the house of Kirke, Eurylokhos took the hint of tame mountain lions as a sign of witchery and told his men not to go in, they refused and were turned into pigs.The great God Hermes came to me and told me to eat a flower that would make me invincible to Kirke's magic and then to be her lover for a year (although I am in love with my wife Penelope and nothing will change it. After I did this I told Kirke that it was time for me to return home and she told me to see Teiresias in Erebos for information on how to get back to Ithaca. On the day of leaving, the drunken Elpenor fell of the roof and broke his neck. With the sad death of my second in command it brings the total losses to 80 men and 11 ships.

I seem to have learnt from the mistakes of my past as I decided to listen to Hermes’ advice and carry out the plan which lead them to Erebos where we got a lot of useful information which will help us in our journey to Ithaca.