... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (I) > adventures of the Greeks after the fall of Troy: the wanderings of Ulysses (Homer, Odyssey) > wanderings of Ulysses: from the Cicones to Scylla > Ulysses departs from the island of Circe and passes through a series of dangers, which Circe had warned him about (Homer, Odyssey XII) > in Thrinacria Ulysses' men devour some of the cattle of the Sun-god while Ulysses is asleep > Ulysses' ship is destroyed by Jupiter's lightning; only Ulysses gets off, and is safely carried back to Charybdis on the mast