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Book 12: The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis
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Book 12: The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis
Analysis of Quotes:
Quote 1
"...shout as you will, begging to be untied, / your crew must only twist more line around you / and keep their stroke up, till the singers fade" (Homer 1).
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This quote shows Circe telling Odysseus about how he will want, beg to be free to go with the sirens after hearing their song.
Analysis of Quotes:
Quote 2
The Sirens
The half-women half-bird creatures use there beautiful songs to lure sailors to their death.
"Her legs- / and there are twelve-are like great tentacles, unjointed, and upon her serpent necks / are borne six heads like nightmares of ferocity, / with triple serried rows of fangs and deep / gullets of black death" (Homer 46).
Scylla
A sea monster with six heads and 12 tentacle like legs, who devours sailors
Charybdis
A dangerous whirlpool with teeth, personified as a female sea monster.
In this, Circe describes Scylla's horror and why he should avoid her, expressing how horrifying she is.
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Analysis of Quotes:
Quote 3
Homer. The Odyssey Book 12: The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis.
"....Charybdis lurks below / to swallow down the dark sea tide. Three times / from dawn to dusk she spews it up / and sucks it down again three times, a whirling / maelstrom, if you come upon her then / the god who makes the earth tremble could not save you" (Homer 61).
Circe explains why to avoid Charybdis and what will happen if they do come across her at the time specifically described in the quotation.
Kira Durchik
Period 6
The Sea of Monsters
Analysis of Quotes:
Quote 4
"No, hug the cliff of Scylla, take your ship / through on a racing stroke. Better to mourn / six men then lose them all, and the ship, too" (Homer 68).
This is Circe's advice as to which path Odysseus and his crew should take.
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Analysis of Epic Hero
Favored by the gods:
Odysseus is being given advice from a powerful enchantress.
Circe first explians hoe Odysseus is going to pass the Sirens. He must have his crew put beeswax in there ears so they can not hear their songs. Then they must tie Odysseus to The mast of the ship so he can not go after the sirens. After that, Odysseus can take one of two paths. One twoard Scylla, aseas monster that devours sailors. The other twoard Charybdis, a giant whirl-pool like monster. Odysseus is advised to sail twoard Scylla, because it is better to lose some of his crew than to lose all of them and the ship, too.