"Friends…it’s wrong for only one or two
to know the revelations that lovely Circe
made to me alone. I’ll tell you all,
so we can die with our eyes wide open now
or escape our fate and certain death together."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 12, lines 167-171. Odysseus prepares his crew for the obstacles they will have to overcome by telling them about Circe’s warnings. The sorceress spoke of the need to steer clear of the Sirens and their enchanting song, he reveals. But while Odysseus promises to "tell you all," he does not. He deceives the crew by not telling them what Circe said of the dangers posed by the monsters Scylla and Charybdis.