CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Scheria, Laestrygonians, Odysseus
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Nostos of odysseus (10 years: prophecy that he would he away from home for 20 years. Says odysseus bested you in the end: poseidon, polyphemus" father, makes it harder for odysseus to return home. Beautiful and invites them to a feast: potion and want turns them into pigs, hermes (sent by athena) tells odysseus how to beat her. Lure men to their death through shipwrecks. Legend is that if ships passes them, they die. Advised to not eat sacred cattle: his men didn"t follow. Zeus sends fire to the ship: shipwrecked on calypso"s island. Calyspso is a nymph who fell in love with him and wanted him to stay (stayed for a year, but zeus sent. Leaves on a raft, but poseidon destroys it: meets the phaeacians (helped him go home) Tells the stories (his adventures) to the phaeacians. Thinks on whether his wife is still faithful to him. Finds out about all of penelope"s suitors.
