Contents
- 1 Who owns the island with the beautiful cattle in the Odyssey?
- 2 How are the values of Eurylochus different from those of Odysseus?
- 3 What does Odysseus crew do while he’s sleeping?
- 4 WHO warns Odysseus about the cattle?
- 5 What is Zeus response to Helios demand for revenge?
- 6 How did anticlea die?
- 7 Why is Eurylochus able to convince the sailors to eat the cattle?
- 8 Why does the crew kill the cattle?
- 9 What does Helios tell Zeus he will do if Odysseus and his men aren’t punished?
- 10 Why do Calypso’s maids giggle when they see Odysseus?
- 11 What will happen to Odysseus if he hears the sirens sing?
- 12 What does the Cyclops ask for in his prayer to Poseidon?
- 13 How did Zeus punish Odysseus’s men for killing the sun god’s cattle?
- 14 Why did the gods make Odysseus sleep?
- 15 Is Scylla a siren?
Who owns the island with the beautiful cattle in the Odyssey?
Circe sends Odysseus to the Underworld to speak with the blind prophet Teiresias. Teiresias knows Odysseus wants to return home, but he foresees danger in his future. He claims Odysseus will make it to the island of Thrinacia, where Helios, the sun god, keeps his cattle.
How are the values of Eurylochus different from those of Odysseus?
The value of Eurylochus is different from those of odysseus since Eurylochus values a brave death while odysseus value life and gods. Eurylochus was able to convince the sailors to eat the cattle when he said they might as well die bravely.
What does Odysseus crew do while he’s sleeping?
What do Odysseus’ shipmates do while he is sleeping? Kill the cows and eat them.
WHO warns Odysseus about the cattle?
Journey to the Underworld The dead soothsayer warns Odysseus of two things. First: avoid the sacred cattle of Helios and second: after he returns to Ithaca, Odysseus must make a sacrifice to appease Poseidon, God of the sea, who was the father of Polyphemus and is not best pleased!
What is Zeus response to Helios demand for revenge?
What is Zeus’ response to Helios’ demand for revenge? Zeus tell Helios that it’s okay and that he will throw down a lightning bolt and make splinters of their ship.
How did anticlea die?
Anticlea, Odysseus mother, commits suicide by drowning because she can’t bear to live without Odysseus. Circe says that Odysseus and his men had stayed at her palace for 5 years when it had seemed like 5 days.
Why is Eurylochus able to convince the sailors to eat the cattle?
The Cattle of the Sun God: Why is Eurylochus able to convince the sailors to eat the cattle? He said that they would die either way by starvation or the gods will kill them. He said they might as well die bravely. The Cattle of the Sun God: On page 793 we see the destruction of the ship and the death of Odysseus’ crew.
Why does the crew kill the cattle?
In the episode of the cattle of the sun god, why does the crew kill the cattle? Odysseus made the men swear an oath not to eat any cattle, but they were trapped on the island for a month by an inopportune wind; eventually their stores ran out and the men began to starve.
What does Helios tell Zeus he will do if Odysseus and his men aren’t punished?
Odysseus urges them to pass Thrinacia (island of the sun god). What does Helios threaten to do if Zeus does not punish Odysseus’ men for killing his kine? Helios would go in the underworld meaning all life would die without the sun. How does Zeus punish the men?
Why do Calypso’s maids giggle when they see Odysseus?
Why do Calypso’s maids giggle when they see Odysseus? They know Calypso will want him and he will fall under her spell. Why is Telemachus trying to string Odysseus’s bow? He wants to give it to his father and keep the suitors from stringing it.
What will happen to Odysseus if he hears the sirens sing?
What will happen to Odysseus if he hears the sirens sing? He will be lead to them, crash the ship, then eaten by them. He must tie himself to the mast of the ship.
What does the Cyclops ask for in his prayer to Poseidon?
After Odysseus and his men trick and then blind the Cyclops Polyphemus, he prays to his father, Poseidon, the god of the sea and earthquakes, and asks him to put a curse on Odysseus and his men.
How did Zeus punish Odysseus’s men for killing the sun god’s cattle?
What does Zeus do to punish Odysseus and his men for killing the Cattle? Zeus strikes his ship with lightning killing everyone except Odysseus.
Why did the gods make Odysseus sleep?
Odysseus burns an offering for the gods because there is an extra ram left over after the men have divided up the Cyclops’s sheep among them, and because Odysseus hopes that the gods will heed his sacrifice and protect him and his crew on their way home.
Is Scylla a siren?
In Greek mythology, ship captains had to safely pass the Sirens “whose sweet singing” lured sailors to their doom; Scylla, a devouring six-headed monster (the rock) on one side of a narrow passageway; and Charybdis, a swirling, un-navigable whirlpool (the hard place) on the other.