CLASSIC 45B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lotus-Eaters, Laestrygonians, Cicones
8 Apr 2016
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Don"t know his name: dont ask him - all about hospitality. Lotus eaters: forget-> homecoming navigaion: society of cylcops: no assembly, no technology, simple language, no ships, no navigaion: no swimming, no xenia (no hospitality), Blinding brings up navigaion - twisted piece of wood in his eye - compared it to twising the thing on the ship - navigaing the ship - Aeolus - god of winds - lives on loaing island. > gives them a bad of winds = supposed to lead him home. open the bag = and the wind pushes them back - curious about bag so opened it- thought it was treasure/opened it while odysseus was sleeping. Then meet lestrygonians (cannibals) = odysseus loses men because they"re geing eaten. Polythemus cursed - he"ll get home but his men will eventually die of. Then meet circe - enchantress/ witch - turns men into animals - odysseus men are turned into pigs.
