He fell off a roof and died, and traveled to the Underworld the same way every spirit does.
Elpenor was encountered by Odysseus in the underworld.
Elpenor
hades god of the underworld and odysseus' old crew member elpenor... hope that helps
The day before Odysseus and his men are to leave the island, Elpenor gets very drunk, and falls asleep on the roof of Circe's house. When he awakes in the morning, he forgets he is on the roof and falls off of it, breaking his neck and killing himself. Elpenor ends up meeting Odysseus and the crew in the underworld later, and asks Odysseus to bury his body properly and put his oar atop his grave.
Odysseus and the rest of the crew were friends with Elpenor.
Elpenor was encountered by Odysseus in the underworld.
Elpenor
Elpenor
Elpenor is mortal. He is a character from Greek mythology who was a companion of Odysseus and died in the Odyssey.
hades god of the underworld and odysseus' old crew member elpenor... hope that helps
so that he could bury Elpenor's body (one of his crewmen he found in the underworld)To properly bury Elphenor, the guy that fell off the roof the morning they left for the kingdom of the dead.
Elpenor asks to be buried in the Odyssey because he dies when he falls off Circe's roof while drunk. He believes that if he is not buried, his soul will be unable to cross into the afterlife and he will be left wandering the earth as a restless spirit.
The day before Odysseus and his men are to leave the island, Elpenor gets very drunk, and falls asleep on the roof of Circe's house. When he awakes in the morning, he forgets he is on the roof and falls off of it, breaking his neck and killing himself. Elpenor ends up meeting Odysseus and the crew in the underworld later, and asks Odysseus to bury his body properly and put his oar atop his grave.
Deilephila elpenor was created in 1758.
Odysseus and the rest of the crew were friends with Elpenor.
Elpenor has no news about Telemachus.
Elpenor is an Ithacan, and a member of Odysseus' crew.