Once again we went out to sea and arrived at our next destination, where Kirke had told us to sacrifice the lamb and ewe. I followed this order and then the dead spirits appeared to me. The first person I encountered was Elepenor, the young man who had fallen off Kirke's roof and died because of a broken neck. After talking with him for some time, he told me that all he wants is for me to take him back to Kirke's island and give him a proper burial. I told him that I would honor this request because I owed it to him. Then I was surprised to see my mother among the spirits. I imediatly tried to talk to her, but I was unable to until I talked to Teiresias. When I was talking to him, he told me that Poseidon was the one punishing us because we blinded Polyphemos. This shows that it's not a smart idea to anger the gods. He also told me not to touch anything in Thrinakia, or else my crew will die and I will lose my ship, though I will survive. He also warned me that when I get home to Ithica, I will find my house filled with many abnoxious suitors, but that I will still triumph over them. Then, I will have to go to find Posiedon, and apologize that I angered him. I hope that he will accept my apologies. Finally our conversation was over and i was allowed to speak to my mother. I asked her about Ithica, Penelope, and my son, Telemakhos. She told me that Penelope is lonly and depressed and that Telemakhos is all right. I long for my family everyday and hope that someday, everything will be back to normal and I will be reunited with them again. I then asked her how she had passed away. She told me she died of loneliness and grief, waiting for me to return home. This filled me with tears and sorrow, and I tried to hug her but I couldn't because she was just a soul. This hurt me, but I was unable to do anything about it. Then, I became tired and exhausted and stopped telling this story to the Phaiakians. They encouraged me to continue and wanted to know if I met anyone who died in the war. So I continued. Then, I met Agamemnon, who told me how he was murdered by him wife, Klytaimnestra, who was having an affair with Aigisthos. He advised me not to trust women, which I can't blame him after what had happened. I also talked to Achilles, who told me horrible it was to be dead.I saw many others too, Minos, Orion, Tityos, Tantalos, Sisyphos, and Hercules. Both Tantalos and Sisyphos were being tortured in one way or another. Finally, as I was leaving, massive amounts of dead souls were chasing after me, wnating to know about life outside this place. Frightened by this, I ran to my ship and told my crew to ready it quickly. We then left the island as fast as we could.
