SDSU Odyssey Book Biblical and Jewish Pseudepigrapha Readings Questions

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1) How do the descriptions of the Underworld in Odyssey Book 11 compare to the descriptions of Sheol in the Biblical and Jewish Pseudepigrapha readings? How are they similar? Differences?

2) Blood plays a crucial role in Odysseus’ gaining access to the ghosts of the Underworld. Why? What is it about blood, do you think, that resonates with the dead? What does blood allow the ghosts to do, exactly?

3) What is your impression of the Greeks’ relationship with death as discussed in both the Odyssey and the Aeneid? If the deaths are fated by the gods, do these deaths seem any more accepted than tragic or accidental deaths? (Support with evidence).