The Odyssey
The Odyssey
After a decade of war, a cunning king faces wrathful gods, seductive sorceresses, and one-eyed giants in a desperate ten-year struggle to return home. While he battles the sea, his wife weaves a web of delay to hold off the ruthless suitors overtaking their palace. This is the definition of an epic adventure, testing the limits of human endurance and wit.
After a decade of war, a cunning king faces wrathful gods, seductive sorceresses, and one-eyed giants in a desperate ten-year struggle to return home. While he battles the sea, his wife weaves a web of delay to hold off the ruthless suitors overtaking their palace. This is the definition of an epic adventure, testing the limits of human endurance and wit.
BOOK I
"THE GODS IN COUNCIL—MINERVA’S VISIT TO ITHACA—THE CHALLENGE FROM TELEMACHUS TO THE SUITORS.Tell me,..."
BOOK II
"ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE OF ITHACA—SPEECHES OF TELEMACHUS AND OF THE SUITORS—TELEMACHUS MAKES HIS PREP..."
BOOK III
"TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS.but as the sun was rising from the fair sea[] into the firmament o..."
BOOK IV
"THE VISIT TO KING MENELAUS, WHO TELLS HIS STORY—MEANWHILE THE SUITORS IN ITHACA PLOT AGAINST TELEMAC..."
BOOK V
"CALYPSO—ULYSSES REACHES SCHERIA ON A RAFT.And now, as Dawn rose from her couch beside Tithonus—harbi..."
BOOK VI
"THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES.So here Ulysses slept, overcome by sleep and toil; but Mine..."
BOOK VII
"RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.Thus, then, did Ulysses wait and pray; but the g..."
BOOK VIII
"BANQUET IN THE HOUSE OF ALCINOUS—THE GAMES.Now when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appear..."
BOOK IX
"ULYSSES DECLARES HIMSELF AND BEGINS HIS STORY—-THE CICONS, LOTOPHAGI, AND CYCLOPES.And Ulysses answe..."
BOOK X
"AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.“Thence we went on to the Aeolian island where lives Aeolus son of H..."
BOOK XI
"THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.“Then, when we had got down to the sea shore we drew our ship into the water a..."
BOOK XII
"THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.“After we were clear of the river Oceanus, a..."
BOOK XIII
"ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.Thus did he speak, and they all held their peace throug..."
BOOK XIV
"ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.Ulysses now left the haven, and took the rough track up through the..."
BOOK XV
"MINERVA SUMMONS TELEMACHUS FROM LACEDAEMON—HE MEETS WITH THEOCLYMENUS AT PYLOS AND BRINGS HIM TO ITH..."
BOOK XVI
"ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS.Meanwhile Ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut..."
BOOK XVII
18+"TELEMACHUS AND HIS MOTHER MEET—ULYSSES AND EUMAEUS COME DOWN TO THE TOWN, AND ULYSSES IS INSULTED BY..."
BOOK XVIII
18+"THE FIGHT WITH IRUS—ULYSSES WARNS AMPHINOMUS—PENELOPE GETS PRESENTS FROM THE SUITORS—THE BRAZIERS—UL..."
BOOK XIX
"TELEMACHUS AND ULYSSES REMOVE THE ARMOUR—ULYSSES INTERVIEWS PENELOPE—EURYCLEA WASHES HIS FEET AND RE..."
BOOK XX
"ULYSSES CANNOT SLEEP—PENELOPE’S PRAYER TO DIANA—THE TWO SIGNS FROM HEAVEN—EUMAEUS AND PHILOETIUS ARR..."
BOOK XXI
"THE TRIAL OF THE AXES, DURING WHICH ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO EUMAEUS AND PHILOETIUSMinerva now put..."
BOOK XXII
"THE KILLING OF THE SUITORS—THE MAIDS WHO HAVE MISCONDUCTED THEMSELVES ARE MADE TO CLEANSE THE CLOIST..."
BOOK XXIII
18+"PENELOPE EVENTUALLY RECOGNISES HER HUSBAND—EARLY IN THE MORNING ULYSSES, TELEMACHUS, EUMAEUS, AND PH..."
BOOK XXIV
"THE GHOSTS OF THE SUITORS IN HADES—ULYSSES AND HIS MEN GO TO THE HOUSE OF LAERTES—THE PEOPLE OF ITHA..."