Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Elpenor’s Shade and Burial Plea (*Odyssey* 11)
  Heroes — Odyssey nekyia / companions of Odysseus · Homeric — first shade at the trench; plea for burial rites
• Circe on Aeaea (*Odyssey* 10)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Nostoi · Homeric — *Odyssey* 10.135–574 (+ Apollodorean)
• Nekyia: Odysseus in the Underworld (*Odyssey* 11)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Nostoi · Homeric — *Odyssey* 11 (+ Apollodorean summary)
• Elpenor Falls from Circe’s Roof (*Odyssey* 10–11)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Aeaea / Nekyia prelude · Homeric — drunken fall; unburied shade; burial plea and fulfillment

Places appearing with them

• Circe’s land
• Edge of Ocean
• Gates of Hades
• Inland place of the winnowing-fan
• Ithaca
• Ocean’s edge
• Path from shore to hall
• Shore of Aeaea
• Shore of the grey sea
• Thrinacia

Themes

• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• Theft
• Underworld
• War