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Odysseus Caption In The Odyssey

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As you read The Odyssey you see how our ship crew and their caption, Odysseus travel through the seas: fights monsters and the supernatural beings: and Odysseus is always forming sly plans to get out of a sticky situation. I choose to sculpt a piece after The Sirens section. My project is how I pictured Odysseus being tied up to his ship having to listen to the sirens beautiful but sickening songs. I felt this scene showed how much Odysseus truly cares for his crew so much that he alone willingly tied himself to the ship and listened to the song so they could return to their homes. The scene also showed how intelligent he was to tell his crew members to put wax in their ears to block out the song. You can see that Odysseus is dressed in traditional

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