The Odyssey Katabasis

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odysseus consults soul of prophet tiresias in katabasis during 11th book of odyssey.


in 11th book of odyssey, odysseus follows advice of circe , consults tiresias in land of dead. during odysseus visit, souls of many appear him. first appear odysseus elpenor, crew member died prior leaving circe s island. elpenor asks odysseus give him proper burial, , odysseus agrees. next appear odysseus mother, anticlea. odysseus has been away fighting trojan war 20 years, surprised , saddened sight of soul.


tiresias, soul whom odysseus came see, next appears him. tiresias gives him several pieces of information concerning nostos (homecoming) , life after. tiresias details poseidon s anger @ odysseus blinding of polyphemos (and coming troubles consequence), warns odysseus not eat livestock of god helios, , prophesies odysseus return home ithaca , eventual death @ sea @ old age. after tiresias instructs odysseus allow spirits wants talk drink sacrificial blood used find tiresias, again given chance see mother, , tells him of suffering of family await return home. mother leaves, odysseus visited string of souls of past queens. first sees tyro, mother of pelias , neleus poseidon.


he next talks antiope, mother of amphion , zethus (the founders of thebes) zeus. then, visited alcmene, mother of heracles zeus, , heracle s wife megara. visited epicaste, mother of oedipus, , chloris, queen of pylos. odysseus visited leda, mother of castor , polydeuces , iphimedeia, mother of aloadae poseidon. odysseus sees list of women whom briefly mentions: phaedra, procris, ariadne, maera, clymene, , eriphyle, lovers of gods or heroes. next visit odysseus agamemnon, king of mycenae. agamemnon tells odysseus of death wife, clytemnestra , lover aegisthus. warns odysseus return ithaca in secret , wary of own wife.


odysseus encounters achilles, asks after being of father, peleus, , son, neoptolemus. odysseus reassures achilles of son s bravery in fighting trojans. odysseus begins seeing figures of dead souls not talk directly him: ajax, minos, orion, tityos, tantalus, , sisyphus. odysseus ends visit heracles, asks odysseus intention in hades. odysseus begins fearful waits more heroes , leaves.



the cumaean sibyl leads aeneas underworld katabasis in aeneid.








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