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Teiresias
People Odysseus Meets
Coming to the Land of the Dead
Facts About the Land of the Dead
Odysseus' Mother
100
What is Teiresias' full name?
Teiresias the Theban
100
Who is the first soul Odysseus sees in the Land of the Dead?
Elpenor
100
Who instructs Odysseus to go to the Land of the Dead?
Circe
100
Which god controls the Land of the Dead?
Hades
100
What is Odysseus' mother's name?
Antikleia
200
What feeling must Odysseus and his men contain in order to make it home?
Desire
200
Who is the last person Odysseus speaks to in the Land of the Dead
Herakles
200
Who dies right before Odysseus and his men leave for the Land of the Dead
Elpenor
200
How did Elpenor die?
While he was drunk, he blundered off the edge of Circe's roof and broke his neck
200
What killed Odysseus' mother?
Her sorrow and longing for Odysseus
300
What does Teiresias tell Odysseus he will find on the island of Thrinakia?
Helios' cattle and fat sheep
300
Who is the first woman Odysseus meets after speaking with his mother?
Tyro
300
Who sends the women to meet Odysseus in the Land of the Dead?
Persephone
300
What is the name of the island they return to to bury Elpenor?
Aiaia (Aeaea)
300
Where is Odysseus' father?
He is still alive in Ithaca, but never leaves the estate
400
How will death come to Odysseus?
By the sea
400
What is the name of Agamemnon's wife?
Klytaimestra
400
What two animals does Circe tie aboard the men's ship for sacrificing?
A ram and "one black female"
400
What is the name of the river Odysseus and his men must follows to reach Teiresias?
the stream of the Ocean
400
Who has administered Odysseus' allotted lands and has apportioned the equal feasts since Odysseus has been gone?
Telemachos
500
Who must Odysseus render "ceremonious sacrifice" to after leaving Ithaca for the second time?
Poseidon
500
Who is responsible for Agamemnon's death?
Aigisthos
500
Whose city does Odysseus first stumble upon while traveling to the Land of the Dead?
The city of the Kimmerian people
500
What is another name for the Land of the Dead?
Erebos
500
What two reasons does Odysseus assume his mother might have died because of?
Death from Artemis' arrows or a long sickness