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To stay away from Helio's cattle

He needs to do some things in order to speak to his mother.

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Q: In the underworld what does the prophet teiresias tell Odysseus?
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In the Odyssey what does the prophet Teiresias tell Odysseus in the underworld?

the way home will be filled with troubled.


What does Odysseus want from Teiresias?

Odysseus would like the blind prophet Teiresias to tell him how to get home safely.


What does Teiresias tell Odysseus in the underworld?

to stay away from helios castle


Who does Circe tell Odysseus he must visit and speak with the blind prophet Teiresias.?

with his son


Who or where does circe tell odysseus he must visit and speak with the blind prophet teiresias?

The journey to the underworld of Hades to speak to the dead Theban prophet Teiresias is a command given to Odysseus by the enchantress Circe. Circe, who was initally hostile to Odysseus and his men (she changed them into pigs on their first meeting) has become a good host. She has been Odysseus' lover, and hosted him and his crew on her island for a year. But the crew and Odysseus now desire to go home. When Odysseus tells her that it is time to leave, she replies: "Zeus-sprung son of Laertes, Odysseus of many devices, do not stay any longer against your will in my palace. Yet you first must accomplish a different journey and go down into the palace of Hades and Persephone, honored and dreaded, seeking prophetic advice of the Theban Teiresias' spirit, that the blind prophet in whom is a mind still fresh in its vigor"


In the Odyssey what does the prophet Tiresias tell Odysseus in the underworld?

The blind prophet tells Odysseus that he will reach his home in Ithaca, but that his journey home will be filled with trouble (and it is).


What instruction does Circe give Odysseus?

she tell him to go to the underworld where she can ask the spirit of Tiresias, a blind prophet who will tell him how to get home.


Where or who does Circe tell Odysseus he must visit speak with the blind prophet teiresias?

The journey to the underworld of Hades to speak to the dead Theban prophet Teiresias is a command given to Odysseus by the enchantress Circe. Circe, who was initally hostile to Odysseus and his men (she changed them into pigs on their first meeting) has become a good host. She has been Odysseus' lover, and hosted him and his crew on her island for a year. But the crew and Odysseus now desire to go home. When Odysseus tells her that it is time to leave, she replies: "Zeus-sprung son of Laertes, Odysseus of many devices, do not stay any longer against your will in my palace. Yet you first must accomplish a different journey and go down into the palace of Hades and Persephone, honored and dreaded, seeking prophetic advice of the Theban Teiresias' spirit, that the blind prophet in whom is a mind still fresh in its vigor"


What does the prophet in the underworld tell Odysseus?

To stay away from Helio's cattle He needs to do some things in order to speak to his mother.


Why does Teiresias refuses to tell what he knows?

Teiresias does no such thing. He tells Odysseus all he needs to know.


What does Teiresias tell Odysseus?

Teiresias tells Odysseus to avoid the herds of Helios cattle on Thrinakia. Teiresisas saw that if Odysseus and men ate the cattle it would bring about their destruction.


What did Teiresias and Circe tell Odysseus about Helios' cattle?

Not to kill them, which Odysseus warns his men not do to - and which they do anyway to their doom.