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A deadly downpour rips Odysseus from his companions; one-hundred and eight suitors are massacred by the returning master of the house; and another one-hundred and eight ban together against this slaughterer. These are the episodes of revenge in The Odyssey. To take another man’s life requires either a great detachment from one’s soul or a rage so inexorable that an eye for an eye becomes the only apparent escape. In The Odyssey, though, it is more than just any man’s life. These affairs resulted from the threatening of men’s children and family – a far greater crime. The honorable act would be to seek vengeance. This “justifies” murder for the Greeks and for many men today. The act of killing brings about emotions that men of both times could recognize. It seems correct to say that both audiences could also easily recognize the emotion that initiated the hunger for revenge – grief. One of the first episodes of revenge is that of Helios, the sun god. Even after being warned relentlessly by Circe not to travel onto the island of Helios, Odysseus is persuaded into resting there by Eurylocus, for the men are famished and fatigued. Circe has already made a prophecy regarding the sacred cattle on the island.