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Homer: The OdysseyGrade 7dialectic Stage

The Sirens, Scylla, and the Oxen of the Sun

Ulysses passes the Sirens by having himself tied to the mast. He navigates between Scylla and Charybdis. His men eat the forbidden cattle of the Sun. Zeus destroys the ship. Only Ulysses survives.

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