When we passed Thrinakia, I told them not to stop, but once
again the men mutinied and they stopped. For a long time, they resisted
temptation to eat Lord Helios' sacred cattle, but because Poseidon beached us,
eventually when supplies ran out, they had to eat the cattle. We had remained
on the Island for a month and a week. However, when the cattle kept on moving
once they were cut into pieces, the men kept on eating and angered Lord Helios.
For fear of losing the sun, Zeus granted Poseidon permission to punish the men.
. He unleashed a water tornado that
killed all but me (because I hadn’t eaten the meat) and was sent back to the
Kharybdis were I survived by hanging onto a branch above the maelstrom until it
let up. I was a dark time. I had lost all of my men in one fell swoop. I almost
gave up and thought what the point of going on was. It not for the thought of
seeing my wife and son. It was the only thing giving me the strength to
continue.
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