Odyssey+11

Major Themes (with page numbers and descriptions): (Winnie)
Hospitality: Alcinous and his country. p 149 Loyalty: Neoptolemus p153 Homeric Hero: Odyssey. Brave and justice.

Locations Traveled and Mentioned: (Maeve)

 * Erebus, Aeaea, Achaea, Ilium, River Enipeus, Iolcus, Pylos, Thebes, Phylace, Aloeus, Mount Ossa, Olympus, Pelion, Athens, Hellas, Phthie, Scyros, meadow of asphodel, Panopeus, and River of Ocean. **

Study Guide Questions:

 * Who is the first person Odysseus meets in Hades? (Amber) **


 * Who comes before Tiresias? (Amber) **


 * What warning does Tiresias offer? (Amber) **


 * What must Odysseus do after getting rid of the suitors? (Amber) **


 * How will Odysseus die? (Amber) **

His mother died by waiting for Odysseus and become lean.
 * How did Odysseus' mother die?** ** (Amy) **

He advices that when Odysseus arrived to the home then do not enter the but enter in hiding.
 * What advice does Agamemnon give Odysseus? (Amy) **

= = Tantalus can not drink water and can not pick fruits, so he is always thirsty. because when he bends over to drink water, then the water disappear. and when he tries to get fruits then the fruits are thrown by the winds.
 * What must Tantalus endure? Why? (Amy) **

He is carrying huge and heavy rock. but when he is pushing the rock up the hill and almost finish then the rock goes back to the bottom of the hill rapidly. He leads back. The rock is rolling down. so he needs to repeat to carry the rock again. = =
 * How does Sisyphus suffer? Why? (Amy) **