Entry 8: The Cattle of the Sun God

As I had been told by the prophet Tiresias my men should not eat of the cattle of Helios. But as I went out to pray to the gods, the men became restless and hungry. Eurylochus said to the men "Better your lungs to a big sea once for all than waste to skin and bones on a lonely island." I had warned the men not to eat of the cattle but their hunger took over, and they began to eat the cattle. While I had went out to pray to the gods, the gods put me to sleep and let my men eat the cattle.