Reading Notes: Homer's Odyssey, Part B

The Odyssey, Part B
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1. Ghosts of Erebus
   -The sailors found the land that Circe had told them about.

2. The Ghosts of Elpenor and Teiresias
   -They beached the ship and deboarded to find Teiresias. The land was filled with ghosts and they encounter their friend Elpenor who has passed away. His ghost told Odysseus and his men to sail back to the land of Circe and bury his body and to not forget about him.
   -Afterwards the Ghost of Teiresias appears and tells Odysseus of the unkind journey ahead; "Poseidon is angry with you because you blinded his son, so you must be apologetic and humble. Praise him and make sacrifices to him or you will never make it to your homeland, Ithaca. You will die at sea. But, if you do as I say then you could make it home.

3. The Spirit of Anticleia
   -Odysseus sees the ghost of his mother and speaks with her.

4. The Ghosts of Famous Women
    -He saw ghosts of gods and goddesses.

5. The Ghost of Agamemnon
    -This ghost was murdered by his wife and tells Odysseus that he should not trust women.

6. The Spirit of Achilles
    -He encounters Achilles.

7. The Ghost of Ajax
  -He saw Ajax, a man Odysseus defeated in battle. More and more ghosts passed by him, and the last he saw was Persephone. Then him and his men returned to the ship and set sail.

8. The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis
    Plugging their ears, the men were able to sail past the Sirens without being tempted. Odysseus heard their song and was begging his men to set him free so he could go to them. Then they encountered Scylla. The sea monster terrorized. As the ocean swirled, the ship avoids the great abyss that would have brought the ship down to the bottom of the sea.



Bibliography: Homer's Odyssey, by Toby Kline, http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/odyssey-spirit-of-anticleia.html

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  1. UnknownJanuary 30, 2018 at 12:47 PM

    I was curious to see your reactions to the storytelling aspects of the second part of the Odyssey reading. When I read it, I was less than impressed with the stories ability to grab my attention. I think you did a good job of summarizing the pieces, but I find writing my reactions and interpretations of specific concepts really helps my writing later on. Everyone reads and writes differently, so it's just an idea!

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