| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Invocation and part summary | |
| |
| |
| council of the gods | |
| |
| |
| Athene visits Telemachos in Ithaka and urges him to go in search of his father | |
| |
| |
| the suitors feast in the house of Telemachos | |
| |
| |
| Assembly on Ithaka | |
| |
| |
| Telemachos publicly requests the suitors to go home | |
| |
| |
| secret departure of Telemachos and Athene | |
| |
| |
| Athene and Telemachos arrive in Pylos | |
| |
| |
| entertainment by Nestor and his family | |
| |
| |
| Telemachos and Peisistratos leave for Sparta | |
| |
| |
| Arrival at Sparta | |
| |
| |
| entertainment by Menelaos and Helen | |
| |
| |
| the wandering of Menelaos | |
| |
| |
| report that Odysseus is on Kalypso's island | |
| |
| |
| at Ithaka the suitors learn of Telemachos' departure and lay an ambush for him | |
| |
| |
| Council of the gods | |
| |
| |
| Hermes tells Kalypso to let Odysseus go | |
| |
| |
| he sails on a raft but is wrecked by Poseidon | |
| |
| |
| he swims ashore on Scheria | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus encounters Nausikaa, the princess of the Phaiakians, and is accepted as a guest | |
| |
| |
| Reception of Odysseus by Alkinoos and Arete | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus at the games of the Phaiakians | |
| |
| |
| he is asked to tell his name and his story | |
| |
| |
| The wanderings of Odysseus | |
| |
| |
| the raid on the Kikonians | |
| |
| |
| the Lotus-Eaters | |
| |
| |
| the adventure with Polyphemos the Cyclops | |
| |
| |
| The wanderings of Odysseus | |
| |
| |
| Aiolos and the bag of winds | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus blown back to sea after sighting Ithaka | |
| |
| |
| the adventure with the Laistrygones | |
| |
| |
| Circe's island | |
| |
| |
| the men transformed and restored | |
| |
| |
| The wanderings of Odysseus | |
| |
| |
| voyage to the land of the dead | |
| |
| |
| interviews | |
| |
| |
| Elpenor | |
| |
| |
| Teiresias | |
| |
| |
| Antikleia | |
| |
| |
| the heroines | |
| |
| |
| interlude in Scheria | |
| |
| |
| interviews | |
| |
| |
| the heroes | |
| |
| |
| return to Circe | |
| |
| |
| The wanderings of Odysseus | |
| |
| |
| the Sirens | |
| |
| |
| Skylla and Charybdis | |
| |
| |
| the cattle of Helios | |
| |
| |
| loss of the last ship and all the companions | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus rescued by Kalypso | |
| |
| |
| end of his story to the Phaiakians | |
| |
| |
| Return of Odysseus to Ithaka | |
| |
| |
| he is landed, alone | |
| |
| |
| strange return of the Phaiakian ship | |
| |
| |
| Athene comes to Odysseus and advises him | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus received by Eumaios | |
| |
| |
| he tells Eumaios the (false) story of his life | |
| |
| |
| Telemachos, urged by Athene, leaves Sparta | |
| |
| |
| from Pylos, he sails for home | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus still with Eumaios | |
| |
| |
| life story of Eumaios | |
| |
| |
| Telemachos eludes the ambush and reaches Ithaka | |
| |
| |
| Telemachos visits Eumaios | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachos | |
| |
| |
| Penelope and the suitors learn that Telemachos has returned | |
| |
| |
| night at the house of Eumaios | |
| |
| |
| Return of Telemachos to his house | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, goes to the house with Eumaios | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus begs from the suitors | |
| |
| |
| Fight between Odysseus and Iros | |
| |
| |
| Penelope appears briefly before the suitors | |
| |
| |
| after disorderly incidents the suitors go home | |
| |
| |
| Interview by night between Odysseus and Penelope | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus almost betrayed by his scar | |
| |
| |
| the story of the scar | |
| |
| |
| plan for the test of the bow | |
| |
| |
| Next morning all the principals gather in the house | |
| |
| |
| The test of the bow | |
| |
| |
| the suitors fail | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus succeeds | |
| |
| |
| The killing of the suitors | |
| |
| |
| punishment of the faithless maids and thrall | |
| |
| |
| Recognition of Odysseus by Penelope | |
| |
| |
| reunion | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus goes to Laertes' farm | |
| |
| |
| The heroes of Troy learn the story from the ghosts of the suitors | |
| |
| |
| Odysseus reveals himself to Laertes | |
| |
| |
| burial of the suitors by their relatives, who plan revenge | |
| |
| |
| final combat between Odysseus and his party and the relatives of the suitors | |
| |
| |
| peace imposed by Athene | |
| |
| |
| Glossary | |