SaraiTp2b23

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[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“Finally we were becalmed on the island of the Sun. My men disregarded all warnings and sacrificed his cattle, so back at sea Zeus sent a thunderbolt that smashed the ship. I alone survived, washing up on the island of Calypso” (Homer 12).
#OdyPlot

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“Next came Charybdis, who swallows the sea in a whirlpool, then spits it up again” (Homer 12).
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[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“At sea once more we had to pass the Sirens, whose sweet singing lured sailors to their doom. I had stopped up he ears of m crew with wax, and I alone listened while lashed to the last” (Homer 12)
#OdyQuote

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“Tiresias, the blind prophet who had accompanied us to Troy, was the soul I had to talk to. So I held all the other shades at bay with my sword until he had drunk from the pit” (Homer 11).
#OdyPlot

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“Accordingly, I did as Circe instructed, bleeding a sacrificed lamb into a pit” (Homer 11)
#OdyQuote

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“At the furthest edge of the Ocean’s stream is the land to which all journey when they die. Here their spirits endure a flesh less existence. They can’t even talk unless re-animated with blood” (Homer 11).
#OdyQuote

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“To this city of theirs we came, their splendid palace, and Aeolus hosted me one entire month, he pressed me for for news of Troy and Argibe ships and how we sailed for home” (Homer 10)
#OdyQuote

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“He [Aeolus] gave me a sack, the skin of a full-grown ox, binding inside the winds that howl from every quarter” (Homer 10).
#OdyQuote

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“We reaches the Aeolian island next, the home of Aeolus, Hippotas’ son, beloved by the gods who never die— a great floating island it was” (Homer 10).
#OdyPlot

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“At length they noticed that Odysseus himself was well-muscled and fit” (Homer 8).
#OdyCharacter

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“Enough! Our guest is weeping. He came to us as a suppliant, and his conduct was proper in all respects” (Homer 8). The word suppliant used in this citation means a person making a respective and submissive plea to someone of higher rank. #OdyDiction

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“The next morning King Alcinous addressed an assembly of his people: ‘My guest’s name is still unknown to me, but I have promised him passage home. Therefore prepare our fastest ship’” (Homer 8). #OdyPlot

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“Straight up to the queen he went and wrapped his huge arms around her knees. ‘Blessings upon you and this company,’ he said, ‘if you but grant my plea — safe passage to my home land.’ With this he rose and sat down again in the ashes of the fire.” (Homer 7) #OdyQuote

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“That night he [Odysseus] slept on a deep pile of rugs beneath clean sheets and fleeces” (Homer 7). #OdyQuote

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“Odysseus waited in the grove as instructed and then entered the city of the Phaeacians. When he asked for directions to the palace, it was Athena in the form of a little girl who showed him the way” (Homer 7). #OdyPlot

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“She’ll be seated by the fire. Claps her knees. If she accepts your supplication, you’re as good as home.” (Homer 6). #OdyPlot

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“I’ll not refuse comfort to a Phaeacians castaway” (Homer 6). The word Phaeacians means an inhabitant of Scheria who were known for their hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure or happiness. #OdyDiction

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“The maids ran away at the sight of the brine-encrusted stranger, but Nausicaa stood her ground” (Homer 6). #OdyQuote

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“Calypso knows where to find Odysseus. Every day for the last seven years he’s sat on the same rock gazing out to sea, weeping for home and Penelope” (Homer 5). This quote from Book Five asserts the claim that Odysseus wants to go home.

[SaraiTp2b23 @tp2b23]

“Still he can’t rest. . . anywhere he’ll be easy prey to beasts. Then he finds a clump of olive trees, so thickly tangled as to make a cage. And, drawing up leaves up over himself for a blanket, he sleeps the sleep of the dead” (Homer 5). #OdyQuote