Sea Perils and Defeat

An entry from Andromeda,

After our dark and dreary trip from the Underworld, Odysseus, Aphrodite, myself, and the rest of the crew return to Circe's island. Exhausted, all of the men fall into an almost unconscious slumber. All of the men, except for me. While the men's (and Aphrodite) breathing becomes heavy and even, I have the most difficult time falling asleep. Something keeps digging at me and I cannot figure out what's wrong. Suddenly I realize that Odysseus is absent from the group. I jolt up from my spot and creep silently to the closed door where there is a stream of light coming from the crack below. Circe's bedroom. I place my ear to the door and I hear muffled speaking. Odysseus and Circe are discussing something. I don't want to eavesdrop but right now my conscience is telling me to listen. I hear Circe warning Ody about the dangers to come. She tells him that on his journey home, he will face many dangers. The first danger, is the Sirens. These creatures have beautiful singing voices which will make us give up and not want to continue home to Ithaca. Then, the sea divides into two straits. One which has beetling rocks and sparkling seawater and prowling rocks, and the other having two terrible monsters threatening to destroy the ship. Circe also tells Odysseus that we will coast Thrinacia, the island where Helio's cattle graze. We will want to eat the cattle, but we must not because there will be destruction for all the crew and ship if we do. I am in shock. Who would've known that this expedition will come down to this?

The next morning Odysseus tells us that we must set off to home. He tells us of the Sirens but nothing else. So far, it is only Ody and myself who knows about the dangers that lie ahead. Not to mention Circe. We set a sail and soon we came to the land of the Sirens. Odysseus quickly told the men that we were to put beeswax in our ears so we couldn't hear them. Then, he was extremely selfish and asked us to tie him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the Sirens. I began to pout because I didn't think it was fair. I soon forgot about fairness when we approached the strait in which Scylla was on one side of us, Charybdis. Terrified of what our fate was, Aphrodite, the crew, and myself retreated the the stern of the ship to stay alive, but not before six men were plucked from the ship by Scylla. Scared as we were, Odysseus showed his bravery and defeated the monsters so that we could journey on towards Thrinacia. There at the island, the men could not stopped themselves and treated themselves to Helio's cattle. Thank master Zeus the Aphrodite and I did not eat any, or we would've been destroyed by Zeus along with the rest of the crew! And then there were three of us. Odysseus, Aphrodite, and I, Andromeda. We set sail back to Ithaca so Odysseus could reunite with Penelope.

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