The Odyssey: The Land of the Dead

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Odysseus' destination after Circe

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the Land of the Dead

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Odysseus' destination in this section

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Underworld

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Who must Odysseus consult to find his way home?

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Tiresias

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Odysseus attracts souls of the dead by:

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Sacrificing animals and offering wine.

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First shade encountered by Odysseus

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Elpenor

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Shade

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Ghost/Spirit/Phantom

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Elpenor's death

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Fell off a roof, broke neck, drunk

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Elpenor's request to Odysseus

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Proper burial and memorial

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Next soul Odysseus sees in the underworld

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His mother

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Odysseus' mother

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Anticlea