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The Cattle of the Sun from "The Odyssey". Odysseus's men, starving, slaughter the Cattle of the Sun on Thrinacia despite his warnings. Helios demands punishment.

early in the story

The Cattle of the Sun

Odysseus's men, starving, slaughter the Cattle of the Sun on Thrinacia despite his warnings. Helios demands punishment. Zeus destroys their ship with a thunderbolt; all men drown. Odysseus alone survives, drifting to Ogygia.