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Hades

The Odyssey Book 11

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Ancient Greek religion
Odyssey
Odysseus
Hades
Greek underworld
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1. Initial: The initial situation is when Odysseus gets to the world of the dead, and sacrifices the animals and then feeds their blood to various souls. (Page 133-134: "Perimed?s and Eurylochos held fast the victims, while I drew my sword and dug the pit, a cubit's length along and across. I poured out the drink-offering for All Souls, first with honey and milk, then with the fine wine, and the third time with water, and I sprinkled white barely-meal over it... When I had made prayer and supplication to the company of the dead, I cut he victim's throats over the pit, and the red blood poured out.Then the souls of the dead who had passed away came up in a crowd...")

The Odyssey Book 10

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Odyssey
Shapeshifting
Odysseus
Circe
Aeolus
Hades
Odyssean gods
The Odyssey

1. Initial: The initial situation is when Odysseus asks Aiolos for help getting home, and he agrees to help them. (Page 120: "When at last I spoke of leaving, and asked him for help on our way, he was glad to consent, and did everything he could. He gave me the skin of a nine-year ox, which he flayed for us and made into a bag; and in this he bottled up the blustering winds. For Cronion had appointed him to be the manager of the winds, to hold them or to let them go as he liked. On board my ship he tied up the bag with wire of shining silver, so tight that not a breath could blow out.") Reversal:

The Myth of Cerberus

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Cerberus
Heracles
Eurystheus
Nemean lion
Hades
Typhon
Lernaean Hydra
Echidna
Theseus
Pirithous
Chimera

Cerberus is the three-headed dog that guards the entrance of Hades and prevents the people who have crossed the River of Styx from escaping. Each of the heads are said to only like eating live meat and that?s why it allows dead spirits to enter, but not leave the underworld. It is the child of Echidna and Typhon and is said to be related to the Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the Sphinx, and the Chimera. Some sources say the heads represent the past, present, and future and others say they represent birth, youth, and old age. Cerberus is often showed with as few as one head to fifty heads and a tail and mane made of snakes. Cerberus is also Hades? loyal watchdog. Heracles? Twelfth Labor

The Myth of Cerberus

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Hades
Typhon
Lernaean Hydra
Echidna
Theseus
Pirithous
Chimera

Cerberus is the three-headed dog that guards the entrance of Hades and prevents the people who have crossed the River of Styx from escaping. Each of the heads are said to only like eating live meat and that?s why it allows dead spirits to enter, but not leave the underworld. It is the child of Echidna and Typhon and is said to be related to the Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the Sphinx, and the Chimera. Some sources say the heads represent the past, present, and future and others say they represent birth, youth, and old age. Cerberus is often showed with as few as one head to fifty heads and a tail and mane made of snakes. Cerberus is also Hades? loyal watchdog. Heracles? Twelfth Labor
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