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how to get home. he shares a few highlights to the story. If you dont' eat the cattle, this will happen...if you do eat Helios' cattle, than this will happen. & he shares that Ody can talk to the ghosts/shadows
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Who were the first three people Odysseus met in Hades?
Elpenor; comrade of Odysseus. Teiresias; who Odysseus sought in Hades. Antikleia; the mother of Odysseus.
Why does Odysseus enter hades?
To speak to Teiresias, as Circe advised.
Who told Odysseus his future in land of the dead?
The blind Theban prophet Teiresias
Who did Odysseus meet after he talked to Teiresias in the land of the dead?
Immediately after, Odysseus talked to his dead mother, Anticlea.After leaving the land of the dead, Odysseus goes back and talks to Circe.
Why did Odysseus seek Teiresias?
So that the seer can tell our plucky hero how he will fare on his voyage by home
What does Odysseus want from Teiresias?
Odysseus would like the blind prophet Teiresias to tell him how to get home safely.
Why does Teiresias refuses to tell what he knows?
Teiresias does no such thing. He tells Odysseus all he needs to know.
What does Teiresias tell Odysseus?
Teiresias tells Odysseus to avoid the herds of Helios cattle on Thrinakia. Teiresisas saw that if Odysseus and men ate the cattle it would bring about their destruction.
What does Teiresias tell Odysseus in the underworld?
to stay away from helios castle
What did Teiresias and Circe tell Odysseus about Helios' cattle?
Not to kill them, which Odysseus warns his men not do to - and which they do anyway to their doom.
Who does Circe tell Odysseus he must visit and speak with the blind prophet Teiresias.?
with his son
In the Odyssey what does the prophet Teiresias tell Odysseus in the underworld?
the way home will be filled with troubled.
Who does Odysseus visit in the Land of the Dead?
Teiresias
What sacrifice does Odysseus offer to bring Teiresias up from the dead?
Odysseus slits the throat of a large black sheep and lets Teiresias drink of its blood.
What does Teiresias say Odysseus will do to Penelope's suitors?
Teiresias says Odysseus will take his revenge on these suitors and eventually kill them all either by through force or fraud.
Who provides Odysseus with his prophecy in the land of the dead?
Teiresias
What does Teiresias warn Odysseus not to do?
Eat The Halios' Cattle
