The Odyssey: Book XI Interactive Explorer

"Dig a trench a cubit or so... and pour into it as a drink-offering to all the dead."

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Honey & Milk

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Sweet Wine

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Clear Water

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Barley Meal

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Sheep's Blood

Click each element to perform the ritual and summon the shades.

The Prophecy of Tiresias

1

Restrain yourself and your companions from harming the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion. If you harm them, your ship and men will perish.

2

You will find high-handed people devouring your substance and paying court to your wife. You must take your revenge on these suitors.

3

Carry an oar inland until someone mistakes it for a winnowing shovel. Fix it there and sacrifice to Neptune.

4

Death shall come to you gently from the sea when you are full of years and peace of mind.

Stands in a lake that recedes when he stoops to drink. Fruit branches pull away when he reaches for food. Eternal hunger and thirst.

Must roll a prodigious stone to the top of a hill, only for it to thunder back down just as it reaches the peak. Eternal labor.

Stretched over nine acres of ground while two vultures eternally peck and dig at his liver. Punishment for violating Leto.

NEKYIA