Ghosts
What Did They Say?
What Did They Say 2?
The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice 2
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Name two ghosts Odysseus saw and didn't know they were dead.
Elpanor and his mother.
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Who tells Odysseus a prophecy?
Teiresias
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Who does Odysseus praise for having so much honor and glory in his life?
Achilleus
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What is the sacrifice Odysseus provides?
A black sheep
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What does Odysseus do to hold the ghosts back?
Draws out his sword
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Who does Odysseus first see? What is his name?
A dead shipmate named Elpenor
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Who does Odysseus have to pray to in order to ensure himself a peaceful death in his old age?
Poseidon
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Where does Telemachus tell Odysseus to go?
The most inland area in Ithaca
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Where does Odysseus go to make his offering?
Odysseus travels to the River of Ocean in the land of the Cimmerians.
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What do all the shades come crowding in for?
To drink the blood of the offering
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Who is Teiresias?
The dead blind prophet
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What does Odysseus' mother tell him?
She tells him of things going on at home and that Telemachos is growing older but is helpless against the suitors.
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Who wants Odysseus to continue his story about the Trojan War?
Lord Alkinoos
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Whose instructions does Odysseus follow?
Circe's
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When all the shades come crowding in (the final time) to drink the blood, what does Odysseus do?
Odysseus freaks out and runs back to his ship.
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Who does Odysseus plead with to forget their earlier quarrel in Troy?
Telamonian Aias
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What does Queen Arete decide to when Odysseus leaves?
Give him lots of gifts
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What does Alkinoos beg Odysseus to continue to do?
Storytell
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What must each ghost do to be able to speak with Odysseus.
Drink the blood of the offering.
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What did Odysseus do to summon the shades (not just what he sacrificed)?
He first dug a pit/trench, then put in milk and honey, then sweet wine and water, and then the blood of his sacrifices.
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What does Aias do to Odysseus?
Rejects him and doesn't talk to him
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What does Agamemnon consider all women?
Treacherous
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What does Tieresias warn Odysseus about in the the prophecy?
The cattle of Helios
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What does Teiresias drink?
The blood of Odysseus's sacrifice
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When Odysseus leaves the sacrifice, who does he wish he saw?
Theseus and Peirithous
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