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Summary:  (Catherine)
In the beginning of this chapter, Odysseus and his men arrived at Aeaea, to mourn the burial and death of Elpenor near the house of Circe. Then they ate slept, Odysseus told Circe his tale and left for the island of sun where Scylla lingered. Odysseus was previously warned not to travel there by Circe. When they arrived, they were on the lookout for Scylla and didn’t find her anywhere around the island. They started down the straight terrified and she showed up to their left and sucked all of the river dry and picked 8 of the strongest men on his crew and took them away to devour by her cave. Later they got to land and mourned the loss. The men were also forbidden to eat the goats/ sheep on the island or the rest of the crew would be in great peril. When Odysseus discovered they broke their promise not to eat them, he prayed but it wasn’t enough. So he had no crew and he started for his home when Zeus started a mighty storm and blew him back to Calypsos island...

Major Themes: (Dana)
loyalty- pg. 157 hospitality- pg. 157 homeric hero- pg. 162 justice- pg. 166

Locations Traveled: (Emily) 
1. River of Ocean 2. Off to Circe's house to find Elpenor's remains 3. Past the Siren's 4. On to Scylla 5. Past Charbydis 6. Sun-God's Isle (Hyperion) 7. Ogygia (Calypso's Place)

Study Guide Questions:
Why do they go back to Aeaea? (Madison) To get the dead body of Elpenor from Circe's house and perform rituals to give him a proper burial. They burned his body, buried him, used a stone to mark the grave site, and place his oar on top of him as he wished.

Who are the first people Odysseus will encounter? (Madison) The Sirens.

How can he listen to the Sirens without being bewitched? (Madison) He can be bound hand and foot to his ship sitting straight up and listen to them.

What does Scylla look like? (Madison) she has 12 feet that dangle in the air, 6 long, scrawny necks, each neck ends in a head with three rows of fangs

What does Charybdis do? (Jessica) sucks down the water and spews it up again

What does Circe warn Odysseus about when he reaches Thrinacie? (Jessica) steer clear of the island of the sun god Don’t eat the cows don’t touch the sheep

What happens when the men are startled by the surf? (Jessica) They gasp and drop their oars and the ship stops

What happens when the ship passes by Scylla? (Jessica) she's huge and they cant even see the bottom of the ocean She grabs six of his best men and ate them.

What does Odysseus warn his men about on the Island of the Sun? (Shelby) Not to eat their sheep or cattle, or else there will be consequences.

What is Odysseus doing when the men disobey his orders? (Shelby) Sleeping

How does Odysseus escape Charybdis the second time? (Shelby) He hangs on to the broken pices of the boat.

Where does he end up on the tenth day? Calypso's island. <span style="color: rgb(29, 24, 247);">(Shelby)