Odyssey 9 12 Odysseus tells the Phaeacians tales
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Odyssey 9 -12 Odysseus’ tells the Phaeacians tales of his travels Cave of Polyphemus the Cyclops
Book IX covers • Cicones in Thrace • Lotus Eaters • Cyclopes Blinding of Polyphemus the Cyclops
Lotus- Eaters Odysseus’ men ate the lotus and no longer thought of home—or anything else but eating more lotus. Odysseus had to drag them to the ships.
Land of the Cyclopes - lawless The episode highlights Odysseus’ cleverness. He gives Polyphemus a fake name, “No-one” (Ουδεις). But as his ships make their escape, he shouts his real name to the Cyclops – and Polyphemus calls on his father, Poseidon, to curse him.
Book X • Aeolus, Keeper of the Winds • Laestrygonians • Circe, the witch
Aeolos, keeper of the winds
Shore of Laestrygonians
Circe
Odysseus overcomes Circe with Hermes help. He stays with her as her lover for one year. Circe advises him to travel to the underworld to talk with Tiresias for help getting home.
Book XI • Visit to Hades to Speak with Tiresias
Approach of the dead to the pool of blood.
Ghosts drink from the blood of Odysseus’ sacrifice.
Book XII • • • Back to Circe Sirens Scylla & Charybdis Cattle of the Sun Scylla & Charybdis Isle of Calypso
Sirens
Sirens
Odysseus and the Sirens, Herbert James Draper 1909
Scylla and Charybdis
Stealing cattle of the sun
• Legend: 1 Troy 9 Underworld 2 Cicones 10 Sirens 3 Lotus Eaters 11 Scylla and Charybdis 4 Cyclopes 12 Helios 5 King Aiolos 13 Calypso 6 King Aiolos (again) 14 Phaeacians 7 Laistryonians 15 Ithaca 8 Circe Map of Odysseus’ travels in the Mediterranean
- Map of odysseus journey
- Epic simile
- Odysseus nicknames
- What does tiresias warn odysseus not to do?
- Odysseus supernatural aid
- Odysseus flaws
- Descent into underworld
- Odysseus putter
- Adjectives for odysseus
- Aeolus island game
- The challenge in the odyssey
- Odysseus polytropos
- The odyssey test review
- When was romare bearden born
- Odysseus strengths and weaknesses
- What does elpenor ask of odysseus
- What are the 12 adventures of odysseus
- Odysseus face
- Mentor odysseus
- Sailing from troy summary
- Odysseus family tree
- Odysseus revenge summary