Don't touch! (the cattle)

Upon arrival at the island of the Sun god, Helios, and his cattle, Odysseus warns all men 'Do NOT touch these cattle!' For Teiresias has warned Odysseus, touching the cattle will make the sun god very angry. Terrible, violent storms last for about a month, leaving the men with no food or clean drinking water.  Odysseus has gone farther inland to pray.  While Odysseus is away, a sailor Eurylochus convinces the other men that eating just one cow, can't cause any harm. And it is much better than starving to death.  Well, then Odysseus wakes up to discover his men have been feasting on some cattle! Odysseus is quite angry and 'yells' at the god, for allowing him to snooze while his men ate the cattle. Accordining to Teiresias, terrible, awful things will now occur.  Lampetia, Helios' faithful daughter, and guard of his cattle, informs her father of what Odysseus' men have done.

Eating Lotus (yummy yummy) (take 2)

Odysseus and his crew arrive on an island.  Odysseus sends a few men to the island's shore to see what kind of men are residing there. The men are very strange indeed. They won't harm you, but only drag you in by the delicious lotus and you want to stay with them and eat lotus forever! The men Odysseus had sent get drawn in by the strange folk residing there.  The men get offered  some lotus plants to eat. 'They are good!' say the lotus eaters. The men Odysseus has sent chow down on the flowers, unknowingly forgetting about their mission, homes and lives. In fact they forget just about everything except for the next bite of lotus! Odysseus spots them and precedes to drag the men on to the ship and ties them tightly down. Odysseus and men leave the lotus eaters and continue on to there next destination.
The journey home must go on!