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Odyssey Part 2 Flashcards

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What happens to Odysseus and his crew after they leave the cyclops island

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They sail to aeolia and get a bag of wind, which is released and sends them off course, then they arrive in the land of laestrygonians (cannibals) who destroy his men

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Who is Aeolus

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King of the winds

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Who are the laestrygonians

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A race of canibals

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Who is Circe ? Where does age live

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An enchantress sorceress goddess, she lives in aeaea

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Into what animal did Circe trasform Odysseus men

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Swine or pigs

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How is Odysseus able to resist circe’s charms

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He is protected by a magic herb

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How long was Odysseus held captive by Circe

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A year

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Where does Odysseus tell Circe ge must go if he wants to return home

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The land of the dead, hades , and consult (talk to) the blind prophet Tiresias

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What did Odysseus vow to sacrifice in honor of the dead

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His best pregnant heifer

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Who is elpenor? What happened to him

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One of Odysseus men, he went to sleep on a roof, drunk, and fell off the roof and broke his neck

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What relative did Odysseus meet in the section

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His mother

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Who is Tiresias

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The blind prophet

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What info does Tiresias give Odysseus

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Don’t mess with Helios cattle and he will make it home, if he touches the cattle his men will die and men will be in his home, messing with his wife

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Who /what are the sirens

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Half woman/ half bird creatures that patrol the water

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What effect do their songs have on men

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It lures them to their death

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What advice does Circe give Odysseus regarding the sirens

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Odysseus should hear the song, so he should be tied to the boat ( his men put bees wax in their ears to not head the song)

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What is Scylla

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A six headed, twelve tentacled sea monster with three rows of teeth in each

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Why doesn’t Odysseus inform his men about their fate

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He doesn’t want them to be scared of Scylla , he doesn’t want them to be nervous about something they can’t prevent

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What is Charybdis

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A giant, violent whirl pool that swallows all the water , and spits it back out

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Which of these waterways does Odysseus choose and why

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Scylla, because he would lose less men , sacrificed a few ( 6 men) for the good of the ship

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Who is Helios

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The sun god

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What warning does Odysseus give his shipmates regarding Helios cattle

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He tells them not to mess with Helios cattle , that they have their own stuff and if they and if they do they will die because Helios sees all

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What does Odysseus mean when he says that no man can avoid the eye of Helios

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Helios is the sun god so he sees everything

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What happens to Helios cattle and why

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They are killed (sacrificed) and eaten because the men are hungry

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What argument does eurylochus make to justify eating the cattle

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Famine is the worst way to die, so they should eat the cattle

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What do the men do to try to appease Helios

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They ask for Helios forgiveness, they build a temple in his honor

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What prevents Odysseus from taking part in these events

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The gods put him to sleep

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How does lord Helios find out about his cattle

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Lampetia ( his daughter) tells him

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What does lord Helios threaten to do if Odysseus men are not punished

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He will take the sun to the underworld and not shine the sun on the world

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What is his punishment, who survived

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They sent out a lightning bolt, Odysseus was the only survivor

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What was the final test/trial before Ogygia isle? Explain in detail

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Surviving Charybdis , he held on to a branch while his ship went down and hung there until his ship came back up

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