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The Odyssey & Hades

The Odyssey & Hades. By Astrid Fuentes Block F. Plot Summary. After being chased from the Island of Aiolia & the Island of Lamos Laistrygonian, Odysseus and his men reach the Island of Alaia.

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The Odyssey & Hades

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  1. The Odyssey & Hades By Astrid Fuentes Block F

  2. Plot Summary • After being chased from the Island of Aiolia & the Island of Lamos Laistrygonian, Odysseus and his men reach the Island of Alaia. • On the Island of Alaia lives Circe, who for a year becomes Odysseus’s lover and keeps him from returning home. • The following year, Circe explains to Odysseus that Tiresais who resides in Hades will be able to get him home safely. • Odysseus and his crew travel to Hades and among the underworld he speaks to many people. • After talking to his mother, Euphore, Achilles, & Agammenmon,& Ajax, he converses with Tiresais.

  3. Plot summary cont. • While conversing with Tiresais, he is told the reason he has not been able to reach home is because of Poseidon. • Poseidon is angry with Odysseus and his crew for blinding his son. • Tiresais explains for Odysseus to get home, he must avoid the cows of Helios & take a different route to Ithaka. • After speaking to Tiresais, Odysseus leaves the world of the dead, and sets sail on the ocean, with Tiresais advice in mind. The realm of Hades.

  4. Characters • Odysseus: King of Ithaka who is thought to have died at Sea. • Circe: daughter of Helios & Perse. • Goodes who lives on the island of Alaia • Agammenmon & Achilees: sons of Atreus & Peleus • dead heroes of the Trojan War • Euphore: crew meber who died before leaving the Island of Alaia, • asked for a proper buryial. • Ajax: dead hero of the Trojan war. • Angry at Odysseus for killing him.

  5. Characters cont. • Tiresais: helper to Odysseus. • Explains how to get home. • Poseidon: god of ocean . • angry because Odysseus blinded his son. • Anticleia: Mother of odysseus, • Died while waiting for Odysseus to return home. Odysseus with Tiresais in Hades.

  6. Odysseus and Greek Culture • In this chapter, Odysseus determination but also his lazy side become obvious. • Even though Odysseus has spent the past couple of years trying to reach home again, he wasted away a whole year with on the Island of Alaia. • But after the year wasted with Circe, Odysseus becomes focused again and begins his journey to Hades. • He becomes determined and while in Hades he procrastinates speaking with several people but finally he talks to Tiresais. • Again he becomes focused and sets sail after knowing how to get home.

  7. Odysseus & Greek Culture cnt. • During The Odyssey, Odysseus is viewed as a hero who has become a victim of the gods. • I think the perceptions of the relationship between the mortals and gods are important to the Greek Culture. • Even as a great war hero and respected leader, Odysseus could not escape the wrath of Poseidon. • I think Greek Culture reflected that in this book, that even the most crafty men are not too smart for the Gods. • Also I think the Odyssey shows the belief that every action has a consequences. Odysseus

  8. Hades & Greek Culture • Hades in Greek culture is perceived as a place for the dead to live out their punishment for acts they committed in life. • “ Tityos, son of Gaia, lying abandoned over nine square rods of plain. Vultures, hunched above him, left & right, rifling his belly, stabbed into the liver, and he could never push them off. • In this example Tityos was being punished for raping one of Zeus’s mistress. • As for being able to travel to Hades and actually converse with the dead, shows how the Greek culture sees to the past for answers. • The dead also are concerned for their relatives and those who live. • In Greek culture, there is life even after someone dies, it is just lived out in the underworld.

  9. Greek Culture & Modern Society • In the adventure of Odysseus and Hades, he goes to the dead for answers. • This same situation can be placed with the Chinese culture and their reference to their ancestors for advice and guidance. • The Chinese culture believes it is a must to keep their ancestors happy/ • In Odyssues’s case, one of the dead was unhappy with him and never assisted him. • As how Odysseus looked to the past for guidance, the chinese culture looks to their ancestors. Ancient Greek Ruins.

  10. A helpful link …. • http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/section6.rhtml discusses chapter 10 & 11, talking to circe & traveling to hades

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