#i think failing to stop them from eating the cattle of helios is a lesser crime than eating the cattle of helios

[forestfullofberries]

Ruthlessness and Thunder Bringer describe a similar situation where a powerful god comes to punish Odysseus and/or his crew.

the thing is, while in Ruthlessness Odysseus was visibly afraid of Poseidon's wrath, i don't think that's how he's gonna act in Thunder Bringer. i imagine him standing there with this kind of face: (￢_￢) while Zeus goes on about pride. he didn't eat the sacred cattle, so when Zeus asks the question "the lives of your men and crew or your own" they both already know the answer. this is the ruthless Odysseus, and he's not about to take punishment for a crime he didn't commit.

also he might have already killed eurylochus himself