Odyssey+12

Summary: (Helen)
Odysseus returns to Aeaea and buries Elphenor. He spends the night with Circe and she tells him of the obstetrical he will face. The first object they pass were the sirens. To evade their enchanting song that would drive their ship into the jagged rocks the crew filled their ears with wax. Odysseus chose to hear the song so he had his crew lash him to the mast and when he struggled his crew tightened his bonds and added some more rope. Once they were far enough away not to here the sirens song the crew unplugged their ears and freed Odysseus. Next they navigate between Scylla and Charybdis. Charybdis is an enormous whirlpool that threatens to swallow the ship. Scylla is a six headed monster and when the ships pass each head eats a sailor. Next they come to the island Thrinacia which is the island of the sun. Odysseus does not wish to step foot on the island but Eurylochus persuades him and most of the crew. There is a storm and they end up stranded there for a whole month. When the ship's provisions run out they disobey Odysseus's orders and slaughter the cattle of the sun. When the sun finds out he asks Zeus to punish them for what they have done. When the crew sets sail Zeus creates another storm and the entire crew dies except for Odysseus. He floats back on driftwood and passes through Charybdis again. He eventually reaches Ogygia. He stops his tale there.

Major Themes (and page numbers and brief description): (Olivia)
Loyalty- p.158, Odysseus is instructed to protect his men and leave them with mutual duty of keeping him safe from the Sirens. Homeric Hero- p. 161- Odysseus is cutting the wax so he can save his men.

Locations Traveled and Mentioned: (Maram)
House of Hades The Sirens Circe's Island Scylla Charybdis the pigsty Thrinaci island Calypso's island

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Study Guide Questions:
To bury Elpendor
 * Why do they go back to Aeaea? (Rachael) **


 * Who are the first people Odysseus will encounter? (Rachael) **

His men had to tie him with ropes to a pole
 * How can he listen to the Sirens without being bewitched? (Rachael) **

6 necks 12 feet 3 rows of fangs repulsive monster
 * What does Scylla look like? (Rachael) **

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 * What does Charybdis do? (Pam) **

She She spews up water three times a day, and sucks the dark water back in.


 * What does Circe warn Odysseus about when he reaches Thrinacie? (Pam) **

Circe tells him that there are people in Thrinacie and that if they do not touch the inhabitants of this area they will all reach Ithaca safely.


 * What happens when the men are startled by the surf? (Pam) **

Circe sent winds to guide them in the right direction.


 * What happens when the ship passes by Scylla? (Pam) **

She takes six of the sailors and kills them.

He warned them not to go onto the island.
 * What does Odysseus warn his men about on the Island of the Sun? (Katie) **

He is sleeping.
 * What is Odysseus doing when the men disobey his orders? (Katie) **

He swings himself onto a fig tree and stays there.
 * How does Odysseus escape Charybdis the second time? (Katie) **

﻿Ogygia.
 * Where does he end up on the tenth day? (Katie ) **