The Odyssey Chapter 11

Chapter 11 starts with Odysseus and his comrades in the city of the Cimmerians. Here Eirce tells them to sacrifice the lambs for their blood to go to Hades. After the dead people drink the blood they can speak to Odysseus. In particular some of these people are: Elpenor, his mother - Anticleia, Theban Teiresias, Agamnon. When the characters had their chance to speak to Odysseus they asked him questions about their families. Elpenor asked to …

…next obstacle that they would face was resisting the temptation to kill and eat the cattle on the island of Thrinacia, however, the men were starving and while Odysseus had fallen a sleep they killed the cattle and ate it. When Odysseus woke up he was devastated and Zeus sent the ship back to the monsters, here the monsters ate six of the men. Next they landed on Calypso's island; this is where chapter 12 ends.