Question

but if the sun, inflamed for his longhorn cattle, means to wreck our ship and the other gods pitch in— id rather die at sea, with one deep gulp of death, 27 than die by inches on this desolate island here! 28 so he urged, and shipmates cheered again. at once they drove off the sungods finest cattle— close at hand, not far from the blue-prowed ship they grazed, those splendid beasts with their broad brows and curving horns. surrounding them in a ring, they lifted prayers to the gods, plucking fresh green leaves from a tall oak for the rite, since white strewing-barley was long gone on the ship. once theyd prayed, slaughtered and skinned the cattle, they cut the thighbones out, they wrapped them round in fat, a double fold sliced clean and topped with strips of flesh. and since they had no wine to anoint the glowing victims, they made libations with water, broiling all the innards, and once theyd burned the bones and tasted the organs— 41 hacked the rest into pieces, piercing them with spits. what did the shipmates do that went against helios rules? the men killed and ate the cattle $2 dollar summary: is a brief two sentence explanation capturing the main idea it delivers essential information quickly and efficiently

Explanation:

The text describes a situation where shipmates, despite potential divine wrath (as the Sun god Helios valued his cattle), killed and ate the cattle. This action directly violated Helios' rules regarding his cattle.

Answer:

The shipmates killed and ate the cattle.