My men convince me to land on the island of Thrinkakia , the island of the sun god , Helios. I make my men promise not to touch his cattle. We get blown into a cave by the wind , and I tell my crew once again to avoid the cattle.
"Fierce the god who cherishes these heifers and these sheep: Helios; and no man avoids his eye ," I tell them. My men all nodded in understanding. We get blown by the wind and continue to eat as the days pass. The storms continued. Eurylochus tires of being hungry and proclaims that he will go and slaughter one of the cattle for sacrifice. 'We will build a temple as not to anger Helios ,' he says . My men agreed with him , follwing him out to the cattle. They slaughter the cattle , and return to me , for I have slept through it all. Lampetia turns to Helios and says , "They have killed your kine."
On our journey back a thunderbolt hits our ship , drowning everybody except for me ...
--Odysseus
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