Teiresias
Who is Teiresias?
What is a blind prophet
The name of the witch who tells Odysseus to go to the Land of the Dead
On whose island does Teiresias state Odysseus and his men will land?
Which god controls the Land of the Dead? What is the name of his wife?
Who are Hades and Persephone
To whom is Odysseus telling the story of "The Land of the Dead?"
Who is King Alcinous
From what city does Teiresias come?
What is Thebes
What does Odysseus do to conjure up Teiresias?
What is make a sacrifice / uses the blood of a lamb and an ewe
What does Teiresias advise Odysseus to not do when he lands on a particular island?
What is to not kill or do anything to the cattle on the island
Describe the Underworld.
What is a place where the souls of the dead reside; contains different sections for different levels of "goodness" in life; if you lived a good life, your soul went to paradise, if you lived an okay life, your soul went to a neutral zone, if you lived an evil / traitorous life, your soul went to the worst section of the Underworld in which you would be tortured
How has Odysseus possibly changed and stayed the same throughout his journey?
What is he may have become slightly less impulsive, but is still wise and continues to persevere
What is ironic about Teiresias?
What is Teiresias is blind, but he can "see" better than those who have their sight, as he can look into the future and knows what is in people's best interest even before they do
Odysseus states that he tells his sailors to make a burnt offering to "sovereign Death." To whom is Odysseus referring?
Who is Hades
What should Odysseus do for Poseidon when he arrives home? Why?
What is sacrifice to Poseidon in a location in which no one knows much about the ocean; to appease Poseidon and to allow Odysseus to die in peace
How did Persephone become Hades's wife? How does she impact the world of the living?
What is Hades kidnapped her and brought her to the Underworld; because she ate pomegranate seeds, she must remain in the Underworld for a portion of the year; when Persephone leaves the Underworld, it is spring / summer; when Persephone returns to the Underworld, it is fall / winter
List two similarities and two differences between "The Lotus Eaters" and "The Witch Circe"
What is:
-Deception and loss of desire to go home
-No help vs. help and flower vs. witch
On his way home, where must Odysseus sail his ship to avoid Poseidon's wrath?
What is a "narrow strait"
What is the name of the sun god's island?
What is Thrinákia
Of what is Persephone's mother the goddess?
What is Demeter is the goddess the harvest / grain / the earth's fertility
When the Cyclops tells one of his rams that he will soon eat Nohbdy, what type of figure of speech or literary device is this?
What is foreshadowing or irony
If Teiresias foretells something that other characters do not believe will happen, but the reader knows that it will because Teiresias is a reliable prophet, what type of irony is this?
What is dramatic irony
Provide an example of foreshadowing from "The Land of the Dead"
What is that Odysseus will face trials on his journey home and will kill his wife's suitors once he arrives to Ithaca
From what part of the Underworld did the souls that met Odysseus come?
What is Erebus
The phrase for "in the middle of things"
What is "en medias res"