By night our ship ran onward toward the Ocean's bourne, the realm and region of the Men of Winter, hidden in mist and cloud. Never the flaming eye of Helios lights on those men at morning, when he climbs the sky of stars, nor in descending earthward out of heaven; ruinous night being rove over those wretches. For Odysseus and his men, the loss of Helios, the sun, symbolizes a loss of

The loss of Helios the sun symbolizes a loss of hope

Explanation:

Helios the sun shines brightly, illuminating the path for Odysseus and his men in the morning and the loss of the sun shows a loss of hope to continue the already tumultuous journey.

Already, Odysseus and his men had encountered a lot of losses in their voyage back home to Ithaca and the sun was a source of inspiration for them but with the loss of Helios, there was a loss of hope.

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