5. Circe's Island (Κίρκη)

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5.
Book X poseidon64.tripod.com/Odyssey.html
These men who have been beaten to a pulp, but not done getting punished arrive at the isle of Aeaea .
Half of his men go off in search of food and are bewitched by the sorceress Circe and turned into pigs. Hermes helps Odysseus and gives him the magical root moly, which only gods can uproot, to protect him from the witch's magic.
Odysseus overpowers Circe and forces her to turn his men back and remains as her guest for a year. Circe tells him how to get down to Hades where he must consult the dead prophet Teiresias. When the crew is instructed to get ready Elpenor falls off the roof to his death.
Book XI -
Odysseus evokes the spirits of Hades as he reaches the gloomy gates. The first ghost he sees is Elpenor who tells his former captain to go back to Aeaea and give him a proper burial. Teiresias outlines the rest of Odysseus’ life. Anticlea, his mother, tells how she has died, waiting hopelessly for his return. After recalling the ghosts of many famous women, Odysseus interrupts his story, reminds his hosts of the lateness of the hour, elicits further promises of gifts and an escort. At their urging, he goes on to tell of his interview with Agamemnon and Achilles, and of seeing other great heroes.