Gods in the Odyssey by Elizabeth Lewis https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh Made with an open mind en-us 2018-11-05 11:57:51 UTC 2025-11-18 20:37:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Circe https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360707669 - a witch that captured Odysseus and his men, but later ends up falling in love with Odysseus and helping them with their journey.
- Circe lures Odysseus’s men in by singing.
- Odysseus’s men get lured in and eats her food, which had a potion in it that turns them into pigs.
- Odysseus looks for his men and realises the pigs are his men.
- Hermes helps Odysseus by giving him a magic herb that resists Circe’s potion that turns men into pigs. This helps Odysseus charm Circe into liking him.
- Circe falls in love with him so releases his men.
- Odysseus stays with Circe for two years, and when he leaves Circe gives him a bunch of advice for his journey.]]> 2019-05-16 10:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360707669 https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360708291 -Sscylla and Charybdis, in Greek mythology, two immortal and irresistible monsters who beset the narrow waters traversed by the hero Odysseus.
-sScylla was a supernatural female creature, with 12 feet and 6 heads on long, snaky necks, each head having a triple row of sharklike teeth, while her loins were girdled by the heads of baying dogs. she was said to have been originally human in appearance but transformed out of -
jealousy through the witchcraft of Circe into her fearful shape. She was sometimes identified with the Scylla who betrayed her father,-
 King Nisus of Megara, out of love for Minos, king of Crete.

-  The shipwrecked Odysseus barely escaped her clutches by clinging to a tree until the improvised raft that she swallowed floated to the surface again after many hours. 
]]> 2019-05-16 10:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360708291 Cyclops https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360709019 Odysseus and men went to cyclops’s cave the cyclops wasn’t there so they went in and marvelled at his cheese and flocks they wanted to stay in his cave and they ate his cheese waiting for him to return he arrived and went on as normal but when he saw them he asked who they were and what they were doing in his cave they replied hoping for hospitality but he did not give it to them]]> 2019-05-16 10:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360709019 Helios’s Cows https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360709708
-Odysseus’s men got vvvv hungry on Helios’s island

-Even though Odysseus told them not to eat the cattle, they did it anyway.

-they ate them whilst Odysseus went to pray to the gods, but he fell asleep

-Eurylochus was left in charge, and told the comrades that eating the cows would just be like a sacrifice, and they would build a temple to honour the gods.

-Odysseus returns to find the beef, and blames Zeus fro lulling him to sleep.

-But Odysseus’ men continued to eat the meat for 6 days before attempting to leave 

-Zeus then clouded their way, forcing them to stay around the Island

-Most of Odysseus’ men were killed


]]> 2019-05-16 10:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360709708 Charybdis lmholden https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360710346 -Charybdis was a sea monster who became a ship hazard and she created whirlpools and and storms.
-She was situated in the Strait of Messina.]]> 2019-05-16 10:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360710346 The sirens asbeveridge1 https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360710532 They beguile all who who approach them. Whoever encounters them unwares and listens to their voices will never joy at reaching home. Instead the sirens tempt him with their limpid song, as they sit there in the meadow with a vast heap of corpses and bones. Odysseus was told by Circe to plug his comrades’ ears with softened beeswax so they can’t hear and they can row swiftly past. And if he must hear the voices he must ask his men to tie him to the mast and if you ask to be set free they tie it tighter.]]> 2019-05-16 10:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360710532 asbeveridge1 https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711025 ?]]> 2019-05-16 10:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711025 loading https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711290 2019-05-16 10:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711290 Characterisation of Odysseus aevans44 https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711326 He follows Circes instructions which shows that he is a responsible leader
His men are loyal to him even when he asks to be untied.
They are successful in passing the sirens 
Circé gave Odysseus good advice and was okay with Odysseus and his men leaving the island

]]> 2019-05-16 10:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711326 https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711547 -the cyclops eats two of Odysseus’s men on the spot and imprisons Odysseus and the rest in his cave for future meals.

-Odysseus wanted to stab the cyclops with his sword then, but he knew that only cyclops is strong enough to move the rock that he has placed across the door of his cave. Odysseus then devises a plan. 

-The next day, while the cyclops is outside pasturing his sheep, Odysseus finds a wooden stick in the cave and hardens it in the fire. When the cyclops returns, Odysseus gets him drunk on wine that he brought along from the ship. Feeling drunk the cyclops asks Odysseus his name. Odysseus replies that his name is “Nobody” . As soon as Polyphemus collapses with intoxication, Odysseus and a group of his men drive the hot stick into his eye. Polyphemus wakes with a shriek, and his neighbors come to see what is wrong, but they leave as soon as he calls out, “Nobody’s killing me”. 

-When morning comes, Odysseus and his men escape from the cave, unseen by the blind cyclops, by clinging to the bellies of his sheep as they go out to graze. Safe on board their ships and with the cyclops flock on board as well, Odysseus calls back to land and reveals his true identity. With his former prisoners now out of reach, the blind giant lifts up a prayer to his father, Poseidon, calling for revenge on Odysseus.

Odysseus is portrayed as a hero here because he saved most of his men but at the same time he is foolish because he led his men into the cave in the first place.
]]> 2019-05-16 10:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711547 Circe - Characterisation ibaillache https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711608 - Odysseus is quite brave in the way he stands up to Circe despite her power.
- He shows great loyalty to his men, he puts himself in danger for them. This helps him win over Circe and is a positive quality overall.
- Circe is very cruel to start with, with no regard for the men's feelings but as she understand she more about Odysseus she starts to feel more empathy.

]]> 2019-05-16 10:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711608 Characterisation on Odysseus in the Helios Scandal pivanushkina https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711730 Odysseus did not act like a leader enough, he let himself go asleep and he did not reinforce his message enough. Then once the bad action happened, he then blamed Zeus, this is not very leader like. ]]> 2019-05-16 10:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360711730 Skilla lmholden https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360712074 2019-05-16 10:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360712074 Odysseus actions in Helios cows https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360712384 Odysseus first left his men alone, knowing that there is a possibility they might disobey him
He allowed himself to fall asleep, leaving them for even longer
He then blamed his actions on Zeus, which made him angry and made him kill all of Odysseus’ men]]> 2019-05-16 10:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/bwvrc0b93glh/wish/360712384