So that the seer can tell our plucky hero how he will fare on his voyage by home
So he could give information on how to get back to his island of Ithaca alive.
to get information about how he could return to Ithaca
Odysseus went to the underworld to seek Teiresias, the blind Theban prophet. He also met his decesased mother, Achilles, Agamemnon, Tantalus, and Scooby Doo.
Elpenor; comrade of Odysseus. Teiresias; who Odysseus sought in Hades. Antikleia; the mother of Odysseus.
To speak to Teiresias, as Circe advised.
The blind Theban prophet Teiresias
Immediately after, Odysseus talked to his dead mother, Anticlea.After leaving the land of the dead, Odysseus goes back and talks to Circe.
the blind prophet, teiresias
Odysseus would like the blind prophet Teiresias to tell him how to get home safely.
Odysseus went to the underworld to seek Teiresias, the blind Theban prophet. He also met his decesased mother, Achilles, Agamemnon, Tantalus, and Scooby Doo.
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.
Teiresias
Odysseus slits the throat of a large black sheep and lets Teiresias drink of its blood.
Teiresias does no such thing. He tells Odysseus all he needs to know.
Teiresias says Odysseus will take his revenge on these suitors and eventually kill them all either by through force or fraud.
Eat The Halios' Cattle
Teiresias
Odysseus speaks with the Theban prophet Tiresias, who tells Odysseus how to get home.
Elpenor; comrade of Odysseus. Teiresias; who Odysseus sought in Hades. Antikleia; the mother of Odysseus.