How did Circe, Hermes, Poseidon, and Zeus help Odysseus on his trip home in "The Odyssey"?
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Thee island of Circe (Aeaea), where Odysseus sent a scouting party ahead of the rest of the group. She invited the scouting party to a feast, the food laced with one of her magical potions, and she then changed all the men into pigs with a wand after they gorged themselves on it. Only Eurylochus, suspecting treachery from the outset, escaped to warn Odysseus and the others who had stayed behind at the ships. Odysseus set out to rescue his men, but was intercepted and told by Hermes to procure some of the herb moly to protect him from the same fate. When her magic failed he was able to force her to return his men to human form by making her swear the Oath of the Immortals. She later fell in love with Odysseus and assisted him in his quest to reach his home after he and his crew spent one year with her on her island. According to some sources, Circe and Odysseus had three children: Telegonus, Argius and Latinus.\n\nOn Circe's island, Elpenor, the youngest of Odysseus' crew, got drunk and fell off Circe's roof. The fall killed him (x.607ff). Some versions of the story differ in that Elpenor died not by a fall from Circe's roof but after leaving Circe's island. He went up the mast to scout ahead, meanwhile Odysseus stumbled on the ship's deck, knocking against the mast causing Elpenor to fall to his death in the sea. The crew regarded this as very suspicious since, when Elpenor fell a white bird flew up and guided them to the world of the dead. They believed that Odysseus killed Elpenor so that his soul would guide them.
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Study Guide for Homer's Odyssey\n\nHere are some great websites if you need any information on the odyssey or Greek mythology.\n\nhttp://schools.lwsd.org/RHJH/homehelp/Odyssey/links.htm\n\nhttp://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/\n\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/the_odyssey/\n\nhttp://www.ascboston.org/programs/ASCenter/spring05/wednesday-site/odyssey_links.html\n\nFull Text & Resources.\n\nhttp://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html\n\nhttp://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/\n\nhttp://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joelja/odyssey.html\n\nhttp://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~sprayberry/webplan/turnerpagedoc.htm\n\nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/odyssey.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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The following passages are used without permission and address the Greek names of the gods.\n\nThe Twelve Olympians, also known as the Dodekatheon (Greek: δωδεκα, dodeka, "twelve" + θεον, theon, "of the gods"), in Greek religion, were the principal gods of the Greek pantheon, residing atop Mount Olympus. There were, at various times, seventeen different gods recognized as Olympians, though never more than twelve at one time.\n\nZeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, and Artemis are always considered Olympians. Hebe, Helios, Hestia, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, and Persephone are the variable gods among the Twelve. Hestia gave up her position as an Olympian to Dionysus in order to live among mankind (eventually she was assigned the role of tending the fire on Mount Olympus); while he sometimes would not accept the offer of being an Olympian god. Persephone spent three months of the year in the underworld (causing the barren landscape of summer), and was allowed to return to Mount Olympus for the other nine months in order to be with her mother, Demeter; who, during this time, would be in woe and not be with the Olympians. And, although Hades was always one of the principal Greek gods, his home in the underworld of the dead made his connection to the Olympians more tenuous. In some accounts, Helios gave up his seat for Apollo. In even rarer, but definite accounts, Hebe, the gods' cupbearer is an Olympian herself, but gave up her job as cupbearer to marry Heracles who became an Olympian upon his death.\n\nRoman names:\nZeus = Jupiter\nHera = Juno\nPoseidon = Neptune\nAres = Mars\nHermes = Mercury\nHephaestus = Vulcan\nAphrodite = Venus\nAthena = Minerva\nApollo = Apollo\nArtemis = Diana\nHebe = Juventas\nHelios = Sol\nHestia = Vesta\nDemeter = Ceres\nDionysus = Bacchus\nHades = Pluto\nPersephone = Prosperina\nHeracles = Hercules\n\nPlease take time to vote for the best answer.
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Hermes from the Greek God,and  Aphrodite from the Goddess   of love
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apollo, ares,  hermes, athena, hera, atlas, hercules, uranus, zeus, hades, poseidon, artemis, dionysus, demeter, aphrodite, cupid, morpheus, nike, mercury, helios, adonis,  pluto, iris, thanatos, achilles, eos, phobos, hephaestus, venus, hestia, posiden, odysseus, persephone, titan, neptune, hyperion, leto, pandora.\n\ni know there's more but that's all i can remember
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They got there the same way they got to all the other Pacific islands.  They used boats.\n\nThe ancient Polynesians were excellent navigators.  They used things like the currents, the presence of fish and seaweed, and subtle wave patterns that reflect off of nearby islands to help them find their way around.  It is really quite amazing.
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Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus ..if you want to read something fun,,read LYSISTRATA by Sophocles... Sparta and Athens were always fighting against each other, so the men were always away from home fighting. The women in these 2 areas got together and decided the way to stop them from fighting and come back home was to with hold sex.....pretty cool idea..read the book(it is small) to see if it worked or not
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atlantis. believed by plato to have sunk into the ocean.
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Well, did you read "The Odyssey"?   Just interview someone.  Maybe it would help to have a classmate play the role of Odysseus?\n\nIf you want, e-mail me questions and I will answer as if I was him.  I am familiar with the story.\n\nSue
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Odysseus set his men to work on sharpening a stout pole, which they did, and then hiding it ready for that evening. As dusk grew close Polyphemus returned, again rolling back the boulder and letting in his flock. He then caught two more Greeks, killed them and ate them raw. After consuming both men he spoke to Odysseus asking, "what is your name", Odysseus' reply was "Outis" (in Greek this means "nobody"). As part of the plan, Odysseus offered Polyphemus a full goatskin of wine and when he had finish the last drop, and feeling a little drunk, Polyphemus fell fast asleep. This was the time to take action, Odysseus and four of his men brought out the pole, which they had sharpened, and with one great thrust plunged the point into Polyphemus' eye, pushing it deep, to ensure it made him totally blind. The agonizing pain made Polyphemus scream out, so loud in fact that it brought the neighboring Cyclopes to see what was wrong. "Who is hurting you" asked the other Cyclopes, Polyphemus screamed "nobody is hurting me", (which is why Odysseus said was his name was "Outis"). Thinking his screams were a punishment from the gods, the other Cyclopes went away.
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A golden odyssey is what you would call someone going on a trek to attain an unattainable goal similar to that of Jason and the Argonauts of Greek mythology.  \n\nJason was in search of the golden Fleece which was considered impossible to find.  He subsequently found it.  But the journey was filled with peril.\n\nhere is a link to a site that may give a little more light into Jason and the Argonauts\n\nwww.pantheon.org/articles/g/golden_fleece.html
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Odysseus met the Cyclops way way before he landed in Phaeacia (known also as Scheria).   Phaeacia is the last destination of Odysseus before coming back home to Ithaca. \n\nWhen Odysseus sailed from Ogygia, he came upon a storm and his raft was washed up on Scheria. He was found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous, and taken to the palace of King Alcinous. Alcinous offered to take Odysseus safely to Ithaca with one of his ships.\n\nYou can check out this site for details:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus
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Poseidon controls the sea, is brother to Zues, and father of Triton. At one point in time he claimed Athena was his daughter, but Athena decided she would rather be Zues's daughter since she thought Poseidon quite stupid. He competed with her for Athens, and obviously lost.He spent most of his time racing the waves, which horses are presumabley modeled after, and striking up sea storms. \nHe is the only god that controls water, and the nereids. Not to mention that he was the only one who got a gift with his domain. The old sea god, Proteus maybe?, willingly gave up his underwater palace and his daughter, Amphitrite, to Poseidon and went to live in an unknown sea grotto. I guess you could say he was somewhat peaceful, though prone to violent mood swings.
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try this \nhttp://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html
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I think it was started when some woman was stolen I dont recall but I know that woman was related to Penelope, Odysseus' wife.
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According to Greek mythology, everyone who dies crosses it.  That is why they would place coins on the eyes of the dead, so the deceased would have money to pay Charon, the boatsman, to carry them safely across, and not dump them in the river.  \n\nIf you're asking who has crossed and *returned,* again according to Greek myth, there are four:  Oddyseus and Orpheus, as stated above, but also Aeneas and Hercules.  See this website for a map of the Greek underworld and showing the routes of Oddyseus and Aeneas.\n\nhttp://www.forumancientcoins.com/cparada/GML/Underworldmap.html
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As I recall the story her owes absolutley nothing to them...however we may not be talking about the same Agamemnon here T,T Which story is this from the Odyssey or a different one?\ndamnedatehist@gmail.com -e-mail me if u need help