Book 11 notes and Quotes

Quotes-
"Stand clear, put up your sword; let me but taste of blood. I shall speak true."- O had his sword out agaisnt his mother but then Tiresias says this.
"How does he stand now in your eyes, this captain, the look and bulk of him, the inward poise?He is my guest, but each one shares this honor. Be in no haste to send him on his way or scant your bounty in his need. Remember how rich, by heaven's will, your possessions are."--Arete said this when she addressed the men.
"Let me hear no smooth talk of death from you, Odysseus, light of councils. Better, I say, to break sod as a farm hand for some poor country man, on iron rations, than lord it over all the exhausted dead."-Achilles spoke first and asked him how he came to the underworld. Odysseus told him that he need not be upset by death because he was honored so much. Achilles responded quickly:

Notes-
O relates the details of his journey to Hell. After crossing Oceanus, the river at the end of the world, he and his crew come to the place that Circe had told them about. They perform sacrifices to the mighty Hades and to Persephone. Many spirits of the dead come to drink the blood of the sacrificed animals, but O keeps them away as he waits for Tiresias. The first spirit to come is Elpenor, followed by Anticleia, O's mother. Then Tiresias' spirit arrives. After drinking the blood, the seer prophesies O's future and advises him on his upcoming journey. If he does as directed, he will eventually arrive at Ithaca alone and take revenge on the suitors, but he will not be able to rest until he has appeased Poseidon. After Tiresias has spoken, O talks to his dead mom. He also sees the spirits of many famous women, including Phaedra, Ariadne, and Leda, and hears their stories.
O becomes tired of tell his stories to the dead and wants to leave. so he gathers is men and they sail off, leaving the hall of hades behind them.