Odysseus mother is there, died of grief because of his long absence SEA PERILS AND DEFEATpg 928 Slide 2 The OdysseyBook 12 Ody returns to Circe for advice She warns of the Sirens: Birdlike women that sing so sweetly that all men jump overboard to be with them The Sirens coastline is littered with the bones and rotting skins of men Slide 3 The OdysseyBook 12 Circe advises Ody to plug the ears of his oarsmen with beeswax Odysseus insists on hearing the Siren Song, so Circe tells him to have his men bind him to the ships mast Slide 4 Slide 5 The OdysseyBook 12 Circe warns of the monster Scylla Scylla has 12 legs and 6 heads with 3 rows of teeth She takes one sailor for each gullet (toll) Slide 6 The OdysseyBook 12 Circe warns of Charybdis A living maelstrom that swallows ships whole Odysseus wants to know how he can fight against these monsters Circe advises him to row, row, row Slide 7 The OdysseyBook 12 Circe also warns Odysseus not to go to Thrinacia, the island where Helios immortal cattle graze Odysseus decides to tell his men about the Sirens, but not to tell them about the other monsters WHY? Slide 8 The OdysseyBook 12 The trip past Siren Island goes as planned Odysseus commands to be untied but his crew does not hear his pleas Slide 9 The OdysseyBook 12 Why? Did he not trust his sailors? Would you row past a creature that was sure to devour 6 out of 45 sailors? Odd are, three students out of this class would be eaten. That is, don’t say, well, Ulysses is American and Odysseus is Greek. And in the future, everybody will refuse to do so. Does that help Just so you know for the future, the purpose of Fluther isn’t to help you with your homework. 5 The SirensOdysseus returns to Circe’s island, where he tries to avoid the Sirens luring him into his death. Odysseus is the Latin version of the Greek name Ulysses. ![]() ![]() For more on this guy, check out Shmoops guide to. Review of Book11 Odysseus visits the blind prophet, Teresias, as a shade in Hades. Before Odysseus departs a year later, Circe informs Odysseus that he needs to go to the Underworld and consult the blind prophet Tiresias. The blind prophet whose help Odysseus seeks in the Underworld.
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