Title: Homer's Odyssey (Part B)
Author: translated into English by Tony Kline
Ghosts of Erebus
-hauled sheep aboard
-first person narrative; Odysseus wept a lot
-Circe sent the men a fresh wind to help them on their journey
-Cimmerians (country)-Night always looms over it
-sacrifice, needed to sacrifice the best of the rams (a jet-black ram), and prayers
-the ghosts of the dead swarmed all around the blood
The Ghosts of Elpenor and Teiresias
-first: Elpenor, his corpse left in Circe's hall, unburied; Odysseys pitied him
-Elpenor died from breaking his neck when he fell from the roof, he begs Odysseys not to leave him unburied and unwept.
-second: Anticleia, Odysseys's dead mother, died after Odysseys set sail for Troy
-Odysseys wept, felt pity
-Odysseys still let no soul near the blood until he questioned Teiresias
-third: ghost of Theban Teiresias appeared, carrying a golden staff, asked to drink the blood, and gave Odysseys his prophesy
-prophesy: bitter journey home and possibly unable to escape the Earth-Shaker because Odysseys blinded His son. If they do make it home, suffrage is upon them. If Odysseys and his men can control their greed and not touch the cattle and the fat flocks of Helios, they will return to Ithaca. If they cannot control their greed, shipwreck is upon them and hatred from home. He will go on a long and hard journey to make a sacrifice to Poseidon (a ram, a bull, and a breeding-boar) if one of his crew touches the cattle. A gentle death will be upon him after his sacrifice.
-learns that his mother will not look or speak to him because he denied her blood
Anticleia
-when Teiresias drew back to the House of Hades, Odysseys's mother approached and drank the black blood
-recognized her son
-Odysseys has not yet been able to fight the Trojans, asks about his wife and son, tells him that his father yearns for his return. She died from yearning for Odysseys's return.
Ghosts of Famous Women
-wives and daughters of heroes came, sent by Persephone
-Odysseys questioned each
-Tyro--Poseidon = 2 mighty servants of Zeus
-Antiope--Zeus = 2 sons who founded Seven-Gated Thebes
-Alcmene--Amphitryon = Hercules
-Jocasta (Oedipus' mother) (married her son, hung herself in grief)
-Chloris, Queen of Pylos
-Leda--Tyndareus = twins, one alive for one day and dead the next, honored by Zeus
-Iphimedia--Poseidon = twins, very tall and handsome, Apollo killed them both before manhood
-Phaedra
-Procris
-Ariadne
-Maera
-Clumene
-Eriphyle-sold her husband's life for gold, hated
Achilles
-asked about his sons
Author: translated into English by Tony Kline
Ghosts of Erebus
-hauled sheep aboard
-first person narrative; Odysseus wept a lot
-Circe sent the men a fresh wind to help them on their journey
-Cimmerians (country)-Night always looms over it
-sacrifice, needed to sacrifice the best of the rams (a jet-black ram), and prayers
-the ghosts of the dead swarmed all around the blood
The Ghosts of Elpenor and Teiresias
-first: Elpenor, his corpse left in Circe's hall, unburied; Odysseys pitied him
-Elpenor died from breaking his neck when he fell from the roof, he begs Odysseys not to leave him unburied and unwept.
-second: Anticleia, Odysseys's dead mother, died after Odysseys set sail for Troy
-Odysseys wept, felt pity
-Odysseys still let no soul near the blood until he questioned Teiresias
-third: ghost of Theban Teiresias appeared, carrying a golden staff, asked to drink the blood, and gave Odysseys his prophesy
-prophesy: bitter journey home and possibly unable to escape the Earth-Shaker because Odysseys blinded His son. If they do make it home, suffrage is upon them. If Odysseys and his men can control their greed and not touch the cattle and the fat flocks of Helios, they will return to Ithaca. If they cannot control their greed, shipwreck is upon them and hatred from home. He will go on a long and hard journey to make a sacrifice to Poseidon (a ram, a bull, and a breeding-boar) if one of his crew touches the cattle. A gentle death will be upon him after his sacrifice.
-learns that his mother will not look or speak to him because he denied her blood
Anticleia
-when Teiresias drew back to the House of Hades, Odysseys's mother approached and drank the black blood
-recognized her son
-Odysseys has not yet been able to fight the Trojans, asks about his wife and son, tells him that his father yearns for his return. She died from yearning for Odysseys's return.
Ghosts of Famous Women
-wives and daughters of heroes came, sent by Persephone
-Odysseys questioned each
-Tyro--Poseidon = 2 mighty servants of Zeus
-Antiope--Zeus = 2 sons who founded Seven-Gated Thebes
-Alcmene--Amphitryon = Hercules
-Jocasta (Oedipus' mother) (married her son, hung herself in grief)
-Chloris, Queen of Pylos
-Leda--Tyndareus = twins, one alive for one day and dead the next, honored by Zeus
-Iphimedia--Poseidon = twins, very tall and handsome, Apollo killed them both before manhood
-Phaedra
-Procris
-Ariadne
-Maera
-Clumene
-Eriphyle-sold her husband's life for gold, hated
Achilles
-asked about his sons
Achilles, by Ernst Herter
-many other spirits came to ask about their dear ones
-Ajax, Odysseys asked for him not to be angry over the death of his dear one, by fault of Odysseys.
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