The values of Eurylochus, second in command on the ship, are different from those of Odysseus, the captain of the ship is in the way they respect the rules. Odysseus is told to not touch any of the cattle or sheep on the island where the Sun God Helios kept his flocks, and he passes on that warning to all the men. He is content to live on bread and water even though they are kept there a month by a storm. Eurylochus only thinks of himself and does not respect the warnings of the goddesses and convinces the sailors that they will die by eating the cattle or die of starvation, so they kill the cattle and eat them. The ship is struck by a lightening bolt sent by Zeus and everyone except Odysseus dies, as punishment for killing the cattle.
