Tiffany Bautista Charybdis Nymph daughter of Poseidon and

Tiffany Bautista

Charybdis

� � � � Nymph daughter of Poseidon and Gaia Believed she was the goddess of tides Flooded lands for Poseidon’s kingdom Zeus turned her into a monster because she had gotten too much land for her father’s kingdom She swallows huge amounts of water and belches them out, three times a day Represents the three high – low tides of the day She lives in a cave at the side of the Strait of Messina, next to Scylla Has a mouth for a face, and her arms and legs are flippers

Charybdis in The Odyssey �"So with much lamenting we [Odysseus and his men] rowed on and into the strait…fiendish Charybdis sucked the salt water in. When she spewed it forth, she seethed and swirled through all her depths like a cauldron set on a great fire, and overhead the spray fell down on the tops of the two rocks… We had looked her way with the fear of death upon us; and at that moment Scylla snatched up from inside my ship the six of my crew who were the strongest of arm and sturdiest. "

Calypso

� She is the nymph daughter of Titan Atlas � Symbolized to be the force that diverts men from their goals � Lived on the island of Ogygia � Became smitten with Odysseus � Took Odysseus as a lover and granted him immortality if he stayed with her � Imprisoned Odysseus so he wouldn’t go back to his wife � Odysseus was a prisoner with her for 7 years

�She had two children with Odysseus �Athena complained to Zeus about Odysseus being captured �Zeus sent a messenger, Hermes, to persuade Calypso to let Odysseus go �She was scared of Zeus’s powers and allowed Odysseus to go home �Helped Odysseus build a boat and provided him with food, wine, and good winds

Calypso in The Odyssey �"I'm not here because I enjoy crossing the desolate sea, " said Hermes. "I bring a message from Zeus: Send Odysseus home. “ "You jealous gods! Can't you bear to see one of us keep a mortal of her own? " cried Calypso. "Oh very well, there's no arguing with Zeus. Hermes rose to take his leave. "And next time, do God's bidding with a better grace. "

Sirens

�They are the daughters of Achelous, the river god �Beautiful creatures that lured sailors with their voices �Caused shipwrecks, drowned sailors, and ate them �Used to be handmaidens to Persephone �Had wings to protect and find Persephone

�When they failed, Demeter- Persephone’s mother, cursed them �The song eternally calls for Persephone’s return �Personified to be the danger of listening to peers or to others rather than listening to your conscience

Sirens in The Odyssey �‘“Come this way, honored Odysseus, great glory of the Achaeans, and stay your ship, so that you can listen here to our singing; for no one else has ever sailed past this place in his black ship until he has listened to the honey-sweet voice that issues from our lips; then goes on…Over all the generous earth we know everything that happens. ” So they sang, in sweet utterance, and the heart within me desired to listen, and I signaled my companions to set me free… straightway fastened me with even more lashings and squeezed me together. ”

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