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1. Not succumbing to temptation.
2. Some things just can't be overcome.
Literary Analysis
Greed
Temptations
Challenges
Personification
"When the young dawn with her finger tips of rose..." (12.9)
1.Why do you think Odysseus decided to listen to the Seirênês anyways? What does this tell us about the nature of humans?
2.Why do you think Zeus starts a storm to trap the humans on the island in the first place? What do you think was his intention?
3.The crew was told by Eurýlokhos to disobey Odysseus and to slaughter the cattle whilst Odysseus was sleeping, even though they were specifically told not to. If you were a member of the crew, what would you do and why?
Epithet
"Overlord of High Noon" (12.159)
Simile
"...are borne 6 heads like nightmares of ferocity"(12.109)
lugger- a small sailing ship with one or two masts
libation- a drink poured out as an offering to a deity
gullet- the passage where food travels from the mouth to the stomach
malestrom- a powerful whirlpool
“Must you have battle in your heart forever?
The bloody toil of combat? Old contender
Will you not yield to the immortal gods?” (12.136-138) -Kirkê
“Are you flesh and blood, Odysseus, to endure
More than a man can? Do you never tire?
God, look at you, iron is what you’re made of" (12.358-360)-Eurýlokhos
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