Book 10

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Marianna D

Book 10
The Grace of the Witch
Characters
Visual
Quiz
Themes
Epic Simile
Aiolos: Keeper of the Winds.
Antiphates: King of the giant Laistrygonians
Eurylokhos: Leader of the expedition to Kirke's home. 
Kirke: Witch goddess from the isle of Aiaia. Turns men into pigs.
Elpenor: Young crewman. Dies from drunken fall.
Teiresias: Keeper of the prophecy from the land of death.
Percephone: Queen of the Underworld. 
Values
Loyalty
Temptation
Obedience
Lust
Seduction
Hostility
Loyalty
Hospitality
Honesty
"None would attack - oh, it was strange, I tell you-
but switching their long tails they faced our men
like hounds, who look up when their master comes
with tidbits for then - as he will - from table."
Page 171
1. True or false: 
Kirke's spell works on Odysseus.
2. Ture or false: 
The Laistrygonians are giants who
threw rocks at Odysseus' ships.
3. What is one theme and one value
present in the chapter? 
4. Who gives Odysseus a bag of winds?
A. Kirke
B. Aiolos
C. Antiphates
D. Teiresias

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