Eurycholus' Perspective - Shipwrecked - Poulios

We sailed for days after leaving the island of Circe. Our ship finally reached an island, but Odysseus said we must go on. The crew and I went ballistic. We just went through a terrible tragedy. Our friends were eaten by a dragon! I demanded that we land on that island. Odysseus finally agreed, and we landed. The island looked like paradise. A herd of cows grazed lazily in the sun. Odysseus told us to only eat the things we had brought from Circe. We complied with the request despite the appearance of the cows. I fell asleep that night filled with the food from Circe. She trapped us and turned us into pigs earlier, but we trusted her now because of the prophecy of Odysseus. I woke up suddenly in the night. I heard a howling wind. Rain drenched my clothes. I shook Odysseus awake to brag about how I had been right. We shouldn’t have sailed on or our bones would have washed ashore by the time the storm was over. He awoke. I showed him the storm. The storm went on for several days. We ran about of bread, cheese, and wine. We had no more food left. Odysseus wandered off that day. I had no idea where he was going. He was crazy, so why should it concern me. We hadn’t seen Odysseus for days after he had left. I assumed he died. We got so hungry that we disobeyed Odysseus and killed two of the cows. While we were feasting, Odysseus showed up. When I offered him a piece of meat, he looked horrified as if I was suggesting he eat a person, and not a cow. He didn’t eat. That was fine for me because it was more for the sane people on the island. When we finished most of the cow, we packed it up and sailed on. While we were sailing, a strange cloud formed above us. All of a sudden a lightning bolt struck our mast and tore our ship to shreds. Debris floated around us. I could hear laughing. It was probably Odysseus welcoming death. I struggled against the current that pulled me. I was stuck in a whirlpool. I got whipped around like a ragdoll. I saw Odysseus holding onto a branch, and that was the last thing I saw. I got sucked the underwater by the current, and then there was only darkness.