Yes, it has been a year since I last blogged and yes, I have been hanging out on Aeaea for most of that time. I took some time out to visit the underworld too, which I'll tell you about in a moment.
But firstly, Circe. I really like Circe. (Don't tell Penelope!)
We got off to an interesting start actually; when I sent those 12 men off to check out the island, only one came back! He told me that the rest of them had been turned into pigs!
Well I wasn't having any of that. Hermes dropped by to have a chat, and when I asked him about it he just gave me a herb that made me magic-proof. It's funny, when her magic didn't worked on me she just kind of surrendered - apparently there was some kind of prophecy that said she'd become someone's mistress of something.
She turned my men back into men, which was really nice of her.
And then we kind of had a bit of a fling. Lived together all year. I still miss Penelope but it's nice to have a distraction.
Anyway, after a year or so she sent me off to visit the underworld, because I needed to speak to Teiresias the seer or something. We took some sheep along to sacrifice and prayed and whatnot. And then the souls of the dead and gone came flocking upwards. It was so scary - pale terror began to master me!
I spoke to Agamemnon. Apparently his wife killed him! How awful is that?
We had a bit of a rant about how bad the war was, too. I was all like, "how many of us have been killed for Helen's sake?"
Also he told me that I never need to fear murder by my wife. Which is good.
I also saw Minos, Orion, Tityus, Tantalus and Sisyphus. As well as them I bumped into a bunch of heroes, like Herakles (his mortal half, anyway), Achilleus and even Ajax, although he wouldn't speak to me.
We're back on Aeaea with Circe now. She really wants me to stay with her, but I never wanted to leave Penelope and Telemachus and now I just want to get back to them.
Still, Circe's been kind enough to let us know some vital instructions for getting home. Apparently we're going to go past some Sirens or something, and some kind of monster (or was it a whirlpool?) anyway, I'm sure it'll all work out for the best.
Hopefully it won't take too long to get home now!!
--Odysseus
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