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Summary:  (Ivey)

 * Odysseus travels to the River of Ocean
 * He is trying to find the place that Circe described
 * He digs a trench and put the liberations in it along with honey, milk, wine, water, and white barley. He prays afterward.
 * He cuts the sheep and pours their blood into the trench
 * The souls return
 * The first spirit was "Elpenor" a comrade of his
 * He begs him to give him a rightful burial and plant his oar above his grave
 * The soul of his dead mother "Anticleia" comes next
 * He cries
 * Tiresias explains that Zeus and the gods are punishing him and he will have a very difficult trip home
 * He tells Odysseus to kill the suitors, then make a sacrifice for Poseidon
 * Next he must return home and make more sacrificial offerings
 * He tells Odysseus that he will have a peaceful death, away from sea
 * Tiresias leaves then, Odysseus catches up with his mother more
 * She tells him that she died of sadness from Odysseus not being home
 * Other heroes approach Odysseus and they tell him stories
 * Odysseus asks his hosts to let him sleep but, they don't let him. They want him to continue story telling
 * Agamemnon meets Odysseus and they talk about his murder
 * Achilles asks about Neoptolemus, his son
 * Odysseus wants to talk to Ajax but, he refuses
 * Sisyphus must push a boulder over a hill as a punishment and Odysseus watches this
 * Tantalus is sitting in a pool of water and is very hungry and thirsty. There is a tree with grapes on it above him but he cannot obtain the grapes, he cannot drink from the pool either because every time he bends down to try and drink the water level lowers.
 * The souls surround him, Odysseus becomes overwhelmed and sails away.

Major Themes: (Rosina)
Deception Hospitality Homreic speaking (replying) Obedience(to gods)

Locations Traveled: (Maya) 
In the beginning of the chapter after he left Circe's island he went to Hades.

Study Guide Questions:
Who is the first person Odysseus meets in Hades? (Bella)
 * Elepnor**

Who comes before Tiresias? (Bella)
 * His mother, Anticleia. But he must speak to Tiresias before he speaks to her.**

What warning does Tiresias offer? (Bella)
 * Leave the cattle of the sun god alone, then you may actually reach your home.**

What must Odysseus do after getting rid of the suitors? (Bella)
 * Make an offering to Poseidon**

How will Odysseus die? (Kendall) He will die by the sea and he will be an old man with many people.

How did Odysseus’s mother die? (Kendall) She was craving for Odysseus. She died from grief

What advice does Agamemnon give Odysseus? (Kendall) Do not sail right into port come in secretly. Also don't trust women.

What must Tantalus endure? Why? (Kendall) He is standing in water up to his chin and he wants to drink it but he can't because it disappears. Also the fruit above his head disapears too.

How does Sisyphus suffer? Why? (Kendall) He has to push a boulder up a mountain and right before he gets it to the top it's own weight rolls it back down again.