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Character List: - (Persephone): Persephone isn't truly a character but she is mentioned several times throughout the chapter. She is the queen of the underworld. - Elpenor: Odysseus' former crew mate who had been sleeping on Kirke's roof (after drinking a lot of wine) and when he wakes, he tries to go down the ladder but slips and breaks his neck. He asks Odysseus to give him a proper burial. - Antikleia: Odysseus' mother who died while Odysseus was away. - Teiresias: The prophet Kirke told him to meet in the underworld for the prophecy of what will happen to him. - Dead women who tell their tales: Tyro Antiope Alkmene Epikaste Khloris Leda Imphimedeia Phaidra Prokris Ariadne Maria Klymene Eriphyle - Queen Arete: Alkinoos' wife who suggests Odysseus goes home with a lot of treasure and gifts (and sparkly things). - Agememnon, (Aigisthos, Klytaimnestra): Agememnon is an old friend of Odysseus' who tells Odysseus that Klytaimnestra (his wife) and Aigisthos murdered him. - Akhilleus Patroklos, Antilokhos, Aias (Neoptolemos): All these spirits (shades) come to Odysseus but the only one who he talks to is Akhilleus who asks about his son. Odysseus tells him about his son's acheivments and successes and Akhilleus is then happy and satisfied and leaves Odysseus alone. - Aias: Odysseus tries to talk to Aias who is still angry at Odysseus for winning Akhilleus' arms after Akhilleus had died. - Minos: The son of Zeus who deals out justice to the ghosts (Odysseus sees him but they do not speak) - Orion: Again, Odysseus only sees Orion but doesn't speak to him. He sees him keeping the wild beasts at bay on the fields of asphodel. - Tityos: Son of Gaia who had raped Zeus's mistress, Leto. As a punishment he was sentenced to be permanently picked at and stabbed by vultures which he is unable to push off. - Tantalos: He is tortured by having a terrible thirst and hunger and being surrounded by fruits and water that he can never quite reach. - Sisyphos: He is tortured by permanently having to push a boulder up a large hill and every time he nears the top, it rolls back down again.