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Taking up the ram and ewe left by Kirke, Odysseus and his men sail toward the region of the “Men of Winter”, or Hades. When Odysseus and his men arrive, Odysseus digs a pit in which to spill the blood of the ram and the ewe in sacrifice to the dead of Hades. He promises Teiresias and the other dead more prized sacrifices when he arrives at Ithaka. Once the blood of both the lamb and the ewe was shed into the pit, Odysseus must fend off the walking dead with his brazen sword. | [[Image:Odysseus_tiresias.jpg|thumb|Odysseus Consults Tiresias]] Taking up the ram and ewe left by Kirke, Odysseus and his men sail toward the region of the “Men of Winter”, or Hades. When Odysseus and his men arrive, Odysseus digs a pit in which to spill the blood of the ram and the ewe in sacrifice to the dead of Hades. He promises Teiresias and the other dead more prized sacrifices when he arrives at Ithaka. Once the blood of both the lamb and the ewe was shed into the pit, Odysseus must fend off the walking dead with his brazen sword. | ||
The first shade, or ghost, that appears to Odysseus is one of his men, Elpenor. Elpenor was left unburied and miserable after he fell off of a roof looking for a ladder. After Odysseus promises to give him a proper burial, the blind prophet, Teiresias, appears and tastes of the blood in the pit and begins to speak to Odysseus. | The first shade, or ghost, that appears to Odysseus is one of his men, Elpenor. Elpenor was left unburied and miserable after he fell off of a roof looking for a ladder. After Odysseus promises to give him a proper burial, the blind prophet, Teiresias, appears and tastes of the blood in the pit and begins to speak to Odysseus. | ||
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