1. Book 12 Sea Pearls and Defeat
The Odyssey
Book 12
Sea Pearls and Defeat

2. Page 928 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Characters Tiresias
Ghost of mother
Circe
Tells Odysseus that he and his men must practice restraint a
and control or they are doomed.
Tells “O” what he must do to go home.
Died of grief over Odysseus not coming home.
Gives “O” advice about what he should do on his way home
Describes to Odysseus every conflict he will encounter

3. Page 929 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Conflicts Odysseus V. The Sirens
Odysseus V The Two Paths Home
The Sirens will sing and if Odysseus hears the singing, he will crash the boat into the rocks. The Sirens will then eat him.
Circe tells Odysseus to tie himself down and listen if he must.
First Way: Drifting Rocks and no one is able to pass through this, not even a bird could get through it.
Second Way: Scylla and Charybdis – A difficult way to go but you will survive.

4. The Sirens

5. Page 930 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Characters: Scylla Charybdis
Conflicts:
“O” V. Scylla and Charybdis
“O” V. Circe
A twelve tentacle legged, six headed monster with 3 rows of fangs , that will definitely eat some of his men.
On the opposite side of the path, acts something like a whilpool.
Circe tells Odysseus that although he will lose six men to Scylla, if he tries to go towards Charybdis he will lose all of his men.
Odysseus doesn’t want to lose any of his men and tells Circe to only tell him how he can accomplish this
Circe tells him to “Yield to the immortal Gods!”
Basically, there is nothing you can do

6. Scylla and Charibdis

7. Page 932 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Circe Settings: Thrinacia
“O” V. Helios’ Beeves
Tells Odysseus he can’t kill Scylla because she is eternal evil itself- horror pain and chaos
Just run!
The Island of Helios the Sun God
7 flocks of lamb, with fifty lambs in each flock
Yum!
If Odysseus controls himself and his men, he will survive and make it home.
If they eat or kill any of them, they are dead

8. Lord Helios

9. Page 933 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Odysseus V. The Sirens
Heroism of Odysseus
Curiosity and Quest for Knowledge
O’s Men Internal Conflict
“O” puts beeswax into his men’s ears so that they will not hear the song of the Sirens.
He has the men tie him to the mast.
When he hears the song, he begs the men to untie him, but they cannot hear him.
Of course Odysseus listens to the song of the Sirens.
However he is cautious and prepares himself this time.
When Odysseus’ men hear the rough waters ahead, they panic and stop rowing.
Odysseus encourages them to have heart.
If they stop rowing, they will all die.

11. Page 934-935 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Odysseus V. His men’s Fear
Tells his men that they have been in danger before this.
- Reminds them that he has gotten them through it because he kept his nerve.
- Gives orders to row on and this will pass and we will talk about it later.
- Does not tell his men about Scylla and Charybdis because there was nothing they could do anyways to avoid it, and it would only cause them to panic.

12. Page 936 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Odysseus V. Scylla and Charybdis
Epic Simile
His men row on until they see Charybdis begin to erupt
First Charybdis bubbles and explodes: Like a geyser
Then Charybdis sucks the water back down: Like a whirlpool.
Scylla strikes and takes six of Odysseus’ best men.
As the men die they cry out Odysseus’ name while being eaten.
Odysseus compares Scylla to a man fishing off a rock and ripping the hooked fish out of the water.

13. Page 937 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Odysseus Internal Conflict
Heroism
Making the Tough Decisions and being responsible
Feels guilty for the deaths of these men, but there was nothing he could do.
Says it is the most he suffers on the journey.
-Leaders and Heroes have to be able to make the hard decisions.
-There’s never been a war where no one was killed.
The heroes job is to choose and take responsibility when things do not go as planned.

14. Page 938 Date ??? The Odyssey Book 12 Odysseus V. His men
Helios V. Zeus
Setting:
Characters:
Calypso:
Tries to keep his men from landing on Thrinacia
His men refuse
Tries to tell them not to eat the cattle there
His men refuse to listen
- The God Helios is angry because Odysseus’ men eat his cattle.
- Refuses to sun until payment is made.
As payment, Zeus sinks Odysseus’ ship and all the men die, except Odysseus.
Ogygia: Calypso’s island
Keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years.

16. Calypso and Sad Odysseus
All of my men are dead. Boo hoo…
Yeah, but I’m a Supermodel. Soooooo…