Question

Evaluate each of the three options that Circe describes for getting past Scylla and Charybdis. Are they all equal? Why or why not? What course will Odysseus most likely choose? Why? What dangers of the sea are represented by Scylla and Charybdis?

Answer 1

The three options that Circe described are
1) to avoid or go through the Chasing Rocks (the voyagers avoided the Chasing Rocks)
2) Pass through Scylla and sacrifice 6 men
3) Pass through Charybdis and hope that the creature won't eat as they pass through

Odysseus chose to go through Scylla and lost 6 men to the creature.