Aiolos- god of the winds, bags the winds so they can go home. Odysseus's men opens the bags and the winds are releases (loyalty), Aiolos becomes upset at Odysseus's inhospitality to his services. Go to the land of giants were they are eaten / Lamos- Lautrygonians attack them and eat them,( started with twelve ships and left with only one).
Island of Circe
Odysseus kills a huge deer/stag
Sends men to investigate the house w/ smoke
Circe turns them into pigs- all except Eurylochos
Hermes helps Odysseus trick Circe
Odysseus and his men stay one whole year with Circe
Circe tells Odyssey he must seek and Teiresias in Hedas
Theme- forgetfulness, drugs
Double stander- Penelopia wont marry anyone but Odysseus went and had sex with a goddess and stayed a whole extra year.
Pigs/ symbols of the men
Eurylochos- smart enough to not follow Circe, doesn't want to stay loyal to Odysseus, after all the men are turned back into men he says that they should leave.
Hermes shows up and helps Odysseus
Odessey study guide
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