Odyssey- Odysseus’s Behavior Essay

Odysseuss behavior was ironic when he deliberately hide part of Circes prophecy from his custody because when Odysseus and his men went through Scylla, in alone of the men were scared and some of the men were killed. In the Odyssey it said that My men all blanched against the gloom our eyes were fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear of being devoured (Homer886) This quote showed that Odysseuss behavior was ironic because since he did not tell his men that they were going through Scylla so they were terrified.The men just saw this huge whirlpool in the middle of the sea and were not authentically pleased to hear that they were going through that and not knowing the outcome. They were very scared because the outcome could result in them dying. When the Odyssey was talking about when Odysseus men were get killed The Odyssey said Then Scylla made her strike, whisking six of my best men from the shop. It happened to glace aft at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and le gs, dangling high strike (Homer886).This quote is showing that Scylla ate six of Odysseus best men while they were traveling by her. This was the aftershock of Odysseus not telling his men that they were going to see Scylla in this journey and most likely get eaten. Yet again all of the me were ate only because Odysseus did not tell his men about the ending that they could of all been dead in the end. In conclusion, Odysseus behavior was ironic when he deliberately concealed part of Circes prophecy from his men because Odysseus did not tell his men that they would travel though her and get scared and eaten.