Odyssey+10

=Chapter 10 - Circe=

Summary: (Annawade)
Odysseus goes the the island ofAeolia, home of Aeolus. There family is very wealthy and after Odysseus and his men stayed with them for a month, he asked Aeolus for his help. Aeolus gave him a leather bag full of winds. They sailed for 9 days and on the 10th day when they were in sight of Ithaaca, the crew became greedy. They thought the bag was full of gold and silver that Aeolus had given Odysseus. When they opened the bag, all the winds rushed out and sailed them back to Aeolus. When Odysseus asked for help, Aeolus refused to help him because he said this shows Odysseus is detested by the gods. They left and sailed for 6 days and nights, then they approached the land of Telepymus. Odysseus and two of his men with a messanger saw the daughter of Antiphates and followed her inside. There they met a corpulent women that was Antiphates wife. Antiphates ate one of his men while the other two fled. Suddenly the giant men threw rocks at their boat so fearing death Odysseus and his men got away safely. They came to the island of Aeaea, home of goddess Circe. His crew rested on the beach for two days. A stag came running along and Odysseus killed it. His crew finally had something to eat. Relucantly, Odysseus' men split into 2 groups to find the house with the smoke. It belongs to Circe, they all go inside besisdes Eurylochus and they had a feast. Circe put a drug in it to make the all lose their memory of their native lands. Circe turned them into pigs and put them in pig sties. Still outside, Eurylochus takes Odysseus into saving his crew. Hermes comes down and give Odysseus a drug called Moly, which will make him immune to evil from circe and Hermens told him advised him what to do. So Odysseus took the drug circe gave him, without sufferings any effect and then thrusted his sword at her. She then realized he was special because he was immune to her enchantments so he invited her to bed with him. They made an agreement that Circe could only sleep with Odysseus if she turned his freinds back into humans and stop playing tricks. Odysseus refused to eat unless she turned his men back, so she did and told them to stay here. They feasted lavishly and stayed for a year. Then, his men convinced him to go home. Circe tells him the he must go with his men to Hades to visit the spirit Teiresis and ask him for help on how to get home. They must sacrifice many animals and pray to Hades and Persephone also. One of Odysseus' man gets drunk and dies falling off a roof. Reluntantly with lamentations the men prepared for the voyage.

Major Themes (and page numbers): (Natalie)

 * Hospitality (pg 125 and 131)
 * Homeric Hero (pg 126 and 129, 137)
 * Divine Intervention (pg 129)

Locations Traveled and Mentioned: (Eryn)
Aeolia Telepymus Aeaea

Study Guide Questions:=== They are on the island of Aeolia.
 * Where are the men in this chapter? (Katharine) **

A leather bag made out of a full-grown ox, in the bag was a imprisoned the boisterous energies of all the winds
 * What gift does Aeolus give to Odysseus? ( **** Katharine **** ) **

the men open the bag because they think that it is gold and silver but when they open it is really wind and that sails them all the way back to Aeolus.
 * Why do the men open the bag? ( **** Katharine **** ) **

When Odysseus asked for help, Aeolus refused to help him because he said this shows Odysseus is detested by the gods.
 * Why does Aeolus refuse to help Odysseus again? ( **** Katharine **** ) **

The men come up to Telepylus, Lamus', which was Laestrygonian land where there are herdsmen that bring there flocks at night.
 * Where do the men arrive next? ( **** Katharine **** ) **


 * Who is in charge of the land? (Paige) **


 * Antiphates is in charge of the land. **


 * How do the giants treat Odysseus? (Paige) **


 * the giants had pelted him with tremendously large rocks. **


 * Where do they arrive next? (Paige) **
 * They arrive at Aeaea **


 * What does Circe do to the men who go to inspect the island? (Paige) **


 * Circe makes they people forget about their homeland and she turns the people into pig- heads. **
 * What does Hermes tell Odysseus to do to save his friends? (Paige) **
 * Hermes tells Odysseus to take out his sword and drive it towards Circe as if he was going to kill her. Also Hermes tells Odysseus to go with her to sleep and she had to promise that she would not trick him anymore/ ever again. **

//Odysseus convinces Circe to turn his men back into humans.//
 * What does Odysseus convince Circe to do? (Annalise) **

//They stayed with Circe for a year//
 * How long do they stay with Circe? ( **** Annalise **** ) **

// He will have to go to Hades to speak to the blind prophet by the name of Tiresias. // //Tiresias will tell Odysseus how to sail back to Ithaca. //
 * Where does Odysseus have to go next? ( **** Annalise **** ) **

//Once Odysseus arrives he must sacrifice and pour perfume and libations to attract the dead.//
 * What must Odysseus do once he arrives there? ( **** Annalise **** ) **

//Elpenor got drunk and slept on the roof, in the morning he heard the men shouting and fell over and cracked his neck//
 * What happened to Elpenor? ( **** Annalise **** ) **