Get The Odyssey Book 11 Background. Whereas the iliad, which celebrates the glory of warfare, wholeheartedly endorses achilles' choice of glory over long life, achilles' lament in book 11 of the odyssey issues a strong caveat to. The shades of the dead (shades = ghosts) gather to drink the blood (gross) and then talk to odysseus.
Kline © copyright 2004 all rights reserved. In book 12 teiresias warns odysseus that he will never escape the one who shakes the earth (poseidon) because he blinded polyphemus; You seek a homecoming sweet as honey, shining odysseus, but a god will make it bitter, for i do not think you will elude the eathershaker
Αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ' ἐπὶ νῆα κατήλθομεν ἠδὲ θάλασσαν, νῆα μὲν ἂρ πάμπρωτον ἐρύσσαμεν εἰς ἅλα δῖαν
The mortal tendency to succumb to temptation manifests itself throughout book 10. The came to the land of the men of winter and beached the ships. We have hundreds more books for your enjoyment. In order to access these resources, you will need to sign in or register for the website (takes literally 1 minute!) and contribute 10 documents to the coursenotes library.