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1) From your reading of the Odyssey Book 1 ("Athena Inspires the Prince"),
answer the question.

Odysseus's men were destroyed because they ate the
of the sun god...

a. sheep
b. goats
c. cattle
d. chicken

Answer 1

The cattle

“Odysseus loses his ship mates after they leave the island of Thrinacia. Thrinacia was home to cattle of Helios, the sun god; Circe has warned Odysseus to ignore the island of Thrinacia and the cattle belonging to Helios. Odysseus pleads his men to leave the cattle alone, for he knows of Circe’s warning

Answer 2

C. Cattle
They were considered sacred in the sun God’s eyes.