Homer's Odyssey, Book 11In Homer's Odyssey Book 11, Odysseus travels to the underworld, where he meets with various souls and hears news of current events that are occurring elsewhere in the world as well as prophecies of what is to come....
Why is Book 11 so meaningful in The Odyssey by Homer? In the Iliad, why might the scene between Diomedes and Glaucus be included? What is its significance in the larger context of the epic? In Book 9 of 'The Iliad', who are the three speakers that appeal to Achille...