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Odysseus followed Hermes's advice, freeing his men and then remained on the island for one year, feasting and drinking wine.

According to Homer, Circe suggested two alternative routes to Odysseus to return to Ithaca: toward the " Wandering Rocks " where King Aeolus reigned or passing between the dangerous Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, conventionally identified with the Strait of Messina.

She also advised Odysseus to go to the Underworld and gave him directions.