These were my thoughts while reading the second section of Homer's Odyssey
Ghosts of Erebus- The place where they dock they ship seams pretty spooky. I can just picture all the dead flying out of the ground that would be such a horrific site Odysseus is truly a brave man.
The Soul of Elpenor- Oh man I thought it was bad that he saw his friends ghost, but then he saw his mother I can not imagine what that would be like he had no idea she was even dead.
The Ghost of Teiresias- After the story of his fate they only thing that he questions is about his mouther. I just find that interesting.
The Spirit of Anticleia- I like how they used the mothers ghost to give Odysseus an update on what was going on at home with out him. That was a very creative way of doing so. His mother must have been very upset that her son was not home if she died from missing him. I can not imagine what it would be like to miss someone that much. Maybe its something only a mother can do for her son.
The Ghosts of Famous Women- That is a lot of dead people to talk to. On a side note the stories of gods sleeping with people was always a little strange to me.
The Ghost of Agamemnon- What a fate to be killed by your own wife.
The Ghost of Ajax- the after life for some of these guys is not appealing. Ajax must have a lot of hatred towards Odysseus
The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis- Part of me wants to know what that song sounded like.
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| Odysseus talking to Teiresias: Found on Wikimedia By: Fussli |
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