The Odyssey Books 10-13 Notes

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Charybdis
________ (Book 12)- a violent whirlpool that spits out water 3x a day and any ships that sail through is lost to it.
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Teiresias
________ (Book 11)- The blind prophet of Apollo that Odysseus is sent to meet by Circe in the Underworld.
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Prowling Rocks Drifters
- These falling rocks destroy ships that pass by.
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Aiolos (Book 10)
Manager of the winds
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Alcinoos/Alkinoos (Book 13)
King of the Phaeacians
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Anticleia (Book 11)
Mother of Odysseus, wife of Laertes
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Antiphates (Book 10)
Laestrygonian cannibal who devours some of Odysseus men
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Athena (All)
the goddess of wisdom and war strategy, Helps throughout Odysseus journey
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Charybdis (Book 12)
a violent whirlpool that spits out water 3x a day and any ships that sail through is lost to it
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Circe (Book 10)
Goddess and witch
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Elpenor (Books 10 & 11)
the youngest of Odysseus crew
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Eumaios (Book 14)
swineherd on Ithaca who helps beggar Odysseus
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Eurylochos (Book 10)
Odysseus right-hand man
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Helios (Book 12)
Sun god, live on Thrinacia
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Laertes
Odysseus father
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Scylla/Skylla (Book 12)
A sea monster with 6 heads and 12 feet
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Teiresias (Book 11)
The blind prophet of Apollo that Odysseus is sent to meet by Circe in the Underworld
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Theoclymenos (Book 15)
prophet
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Prowling Rocks/Drifters
These falling rocks destroy ships that pass by