 Odysseus, he was in Hades. He had made a trip, would be able to tell him crucial information about where to go. Turisius, the man. Odysseus had voyaged to Hades to talk to. Turisius was a seer and even in death still had the guy on the wisdom to retain ability to see into the future. Turisius replies, you seek a safe passage home but this will not be easy for you have offended the earth shaker Poseidon. First your cunning brought down the walls of Troy which Poseidon himself had set up. And second you have blinded his son the Cyclops Polyphemus. You cannot hope to escape the anger of the god. Odysseus is very prideful perhaps and maybe in spite despite his guile and cunning he says be warned if you will rouse the wrath of the gods once more the reward will be death if you return home at all it will be late Odysseus from then continued to linger in Hades to be able to talk to the other souls and learn what he could because Odysseus is pretty intelligent and he knows that many times if he is respectful he may learn valuable information from those with whom he parlays so he sacked Troy he was a key player in the fall of Troy so after outwitting the Cyclops by hiding under the sheep once they got him drunk and stabbed his eye out they stole the sheep and sailed making it all the way within sight of Vitica that Aelus had given Odysseus when he was sleeping in Hades guard down so this wind blew them all the way west yet again to Circe's enchanted Isle whence his men returned Odysseus actually messenger out because he swooned her directed him towards from Hades Odysseus returned to Iate welcome brave man she greeted them you have faced death it is enough to meet death once in a lifetime you are fated to do so twice but now forget Marquis Hades eat drink and in the morning you shall set sail Odysseus and his men were glad to be back in the world of that evening celebrating you must sail past the island of the sirens passing sailors with their beautiful singing if you sail too close to them you will fall under their spell and that will be the end for though they seem the sea like lovely maidens once they have lured you ashore they will turn into hag like birds their island is littered with the bones of men once safely past the sirens more dangerous await you you must choose between two terrible routes the first is overshadowed by great rocks known as the wanderers do not stay still but clash together and seem to take pleasure in smashing ships into pieces only Jason and the Argonauts ever passed that way safely and the other routes is bounded on one side by cliffs so high you cannot see the sky above them in the halfway of these cliffs is a dingy cave in which the monster Skyla lives her cry will not frighten you it is no more worrying than a pups yelp her cave she fishes in the morning in the roaring sea below scooping out dolphins and sharks and other beasts she feasts greedily with all singing ship glutting herself on a fig tree grows upon it but do not steer beneath its shady bowels for there the charb dis lurks three times a day she sucks the dark waters down then jets them back in a hideous fountain not simply slay these monsters asked Odysseus don't be a fool replied sir say these are deadless creatures beyond your strength and understanding Odysseus set sail once again worrying about how to best deal with the perils so as they neared the island of the sirens he told his men of the dangers facing them we must not listen to the sirens songs he said or we shall be lost you must block your ears with a soft wax so that you cannot hear again heeding sir say his words he told his men to lash him to the mast and made them promise not to release him even if he commanded them to when they drew near to the island the wind dropped to listen to it was both a rapture and a torment Odysseus begged in pleading with his crew to set him free so that he could follow the majestic song to its source and tighter to the mast as the song of the sirens the sirens I'll Odysseus chose to take the route between the skyline in the sharpness knowing that no friendly God would speed his ship and he couldn't see ahead the crash in the spray of the waters it was a frightening sight of the sea Odysseus urged them be brave this is no worse than in the Cyclops gave row row for your lives charred his colt and vomited the salt waters the sea swirled in a deadly whirlpool which would drag any ship to the bottom there was no choice but to hug the cliffs suddenly above skyless six fearsome heads swung down and she seized six of the strongest and best of the crews in her jaws Odysseus could do nothing as the monster lifted the screaming men so as they sailed past Odysseus in the remaining crew could hear above the turmoil of the sea as Sila savored wheat sweet song as Odysseus listens with a face of melancholy of excellent delight serene back here but you know perhaps it's another part of the story that was left out okay so we are now on the chapter of the council of the gods after watching powerless while the monsters Kyla devour six of his men Odysseus was thankful to arrive at the island of Sicily where he anchored in a beautiful curving bay now on that island were the herds of the Sun God Hyperion we must leave these animals alone said Odysseus for if we meddle with them trouble will surely follow and his men agreed of course as Tiresias in the 80s mentioned he warned him not with the gods but a strong south wind at the end of which their supplies were definitely exhausted Odysseus fretted and worried he bagged great Zeus to guide Odysseus slept his men lay awake with hunger gnawing at their stomachs and last Eurelius said star vision is the worst of all deaths that has feast on the Sun God's cattle when we get back to ethical we can offer sacrifice to Hyperion and earn his forgiveness the Sun God's cattle with their long curly and slaughtered when Odysseus awoke and smelled the roasting meat his heart for he knew as Tiresias had foretold that a fearful end awaited those who offended one of the gods indeed at that moment Hyperion was standing before Zeus Odysseus crew have slaughtered my cattle which were my joy every day as I took my path across the sky I looked unless these men pay with their lives I will go and live in 80s and shine among the dead so when the wind calmed in the men were able to once more hoist the white sail to take to the sea their fate was raised a black violent storm and blasted the ship with searing thunder bolts the ship shivered to pieces and Eurelius and all the others were drowned only Odysseus survived clinging to the wreckage for nine days he drifted helpless on the salt sea until at last he came to the island of Vosigia home of Calypso a goddess with many strange Calypso like Circe fell in love with Odysseus who had traveled so far across the world and had proved his courage and ingenuity so many times you deserve to be a god she said marry me and I will make you immortal but Odysseus would not marry her for he knew in his heart he must return to Penelope and Ptolemycus yet how could he he had no ship and no crew to man on and besides Calypso was had so bewitched him that he could not leave the island so Odysseus spent seven long lonely years sitting on the cliff tops staring out to sea and weeping at his fate now all this time beside in the earth shaker kept Odysseus in the glare of his terrible anger. Nethica Penelope grieved for her absent husband suitors from many lands came to Odysseus' palace hoping to win her hand. Odysseus is surely dead they would say as they lounge at his table eating his food and drinking his wine then they would call for music and dancing and revel into Odysseus's son Ptolemycus was now a young man handsome and strong but there was little he could do against the arrogance of the suitors as for Penelope she could only fight for time I will make my choice among you she told them when I have finished this tapestry showing my husband Odysseus' great feats against the Trojans this much I owe to his memory each day she worked hard at the tapestry but each night while the drunken suitors crowed and sang she unpicked the work she had done so the tapestry was never and that would happen that Poseidon was absent from Mount Olympus having gone to Ethiopia to receive a great sacrifice of bulls and rams. As the other gods gathered together in the palace of Zeus Athena the wisest of them all spoke often it is true these foolish mortals bring their troubles on themselves while blaming the gods for all their misfortunes but my heart is wrong for Odysseus who has been kept so long from his home and family even now he is prisoner of Calypso daughter of Atlas who knows the depth of the sea and on his shoulders supports the great pillars that keep the earth and sky apart it is not I but Poseidon who cannot forgive Odysseus for blinding his son Polyphemus and respondent Athena as Poseidon is not here let us see if we can help this unfortunate man let us send bright Hermes our messenger to instruct Calypso to let Odysseus go I shall proceed to Ithaca to rouse the spirit of young Telemachus Odysseus his son who has had to endure so many insults from his mother's suitors and with that Athena strapped on her sandals of gleaming gold which carried her like the wind over land and water and sped down to Ithaca where she took the form of Mentees an old friend of Odysseus when she arrived at Odysseus's palace she found the suitors who are roistering in the courtyard playing games, swilling wine and making jokes jokes at the expense of Telemachus he was pale and tense but when he saw Mentees he rose and courteously beckoned him to sit down what news of your father noble Odysseus asked the guest no news answered Telemachus his bones are bleached in the sun on some far island or rotting at the bottom of the sea do you think if these louts thought there was any chance of his return they would be lolling here no they would be running up to their ships as fast as their legs could carry them if so great a man as Odysseus has died the world would know of it tell these suitors they are not welcome here and if they choose to stay they must suffer the consequences then take the ship with me and we will sail in search of news Telemachus did as Mentees advised and they sailed the next day for Sparta to ask King Menelaus for news of Odysseus and all the time Athena in the guise of Mentees was at the side of young Telemachus shaping the boy into a man and strengthening his resolve to find his father and defy the suitors all right well I think we're just gonna go ahead and leave it here for today and pick it up next time with Odysseus being cast ashore