THE ODYSSEY
Book XI
Characters
Teirêsias
- blind prophet.
- foretells Odysseus' journey
Elpenor
- Odysseus' dead companion
- wants Odysseus to bury his body
Antikleía
- Odysseus' mother
- "only my loneliness from you, Odysseus... took my own life away" (pg. 191). 
Ajax/Aîas
- Greek hero 
and leader 
- killed himself after a quarrel with Odysseus 
Tantalus
Tortured by the gods: he couldn't eat nor drink
Themes and Values
Agamemnon
- King of Mycenae 
- Menelaus' brother
- killed by his own wife.
GODS
Odysseus making sacrifices.

 "my life runs on then as the gods have spun it," (pg. 189). 

"Zeus who views the wide world," (pg 199).
RESPECT
Phaiakians respect odysseus.

Odysseus respects Alkinoos and Arêtê.

Odysseus shows respect by making offerings to the gos and the dead. 
ASTUTENESS
"Odysseus, the great tactician," (pg 196 and 197)

"I wept for pity" (pg. 198).

Odysseus telling the story to the Phaiakians.
Ancestry
Value: Being the descendant of a honoralbe person.

" Son of Laërtes..." (pg. 187)

"O son of Atreus..." (pg. 198).
Epithets
when two people meet.

value: to compliment each other.

"Odysseus, lord of land ways and sea ways..." (pg. 198).

"Achilles, Peleus' son, strongest of all among the Akhaians..." (pg. 200).
HONOR
value: Elpenor wants to be buried.
Honor and to be remembered.



Epic Simile:

“…I tried 3 times, putting my arms around her, but she went through sifting through my hands, impalpable as shadows are, and wavering like a dream.”
Explanation...
Quiz  :)
What favor does Elpenor ask of Odysseus?
He asks Odysseus for a proper burial in Aeaea after he breaks his neck.
True or false? Odysseus performs sacrifices to attract the souls of the dead.
True. He does that so that he can talk to the dead.
Is Hades a pleasant or horrible place? Explain.
Hades is horrible. For example, Tantalus suffers from thirst and starvation. Whenever he wants a drink of water or wants to eat grapes, they move out of his reach.
Of what did Odysseus' mother die?
a. starvation
b. grief
c. a lethal flu
d. heart attack
Answer: B
- Shadow 
         - cannot be touched.
         - image of what is/was real.
- Wavering dream:
         - not real.
         - replaying an event.

The assasination of Agamemnon
Greek Pottery: Odysseus
and Teirêsias
Pictures
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Summary
Akhilleus
- Greek Hero.
- Troy