Synopsis: Odyssey, Book 11
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(By Scene and Dramatis Personae)

HADES [Odysseus et alia]

Among Teiresias' instructions:

1)  Avoid the cattle of Helios.  2)  To placate Poseidon, carry an oar inland until it is confused for a winnowing fan; make a sacrifice.

Odysseus' mother

Agamemnon:  test your wife

Achilles:  better to be the humblest farmer

  • a distinct change from his attitude in life

Three who suffer:  Tityus, Tantalus, Sisyphus