The Odyssey

Book I
THE GODS IN COUNCIL—MIVERVA’S VISIT TO
ITHACA—THE CHALLENGE FROM TELEMACHUS
TO THE SUITORS.

Book II
ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE OF ITHACA—
SPEECHES OF TELEMACHUS AND OF THE
SUITORS—TELEMACHUS MAKES HIS
PREPARATIONS AND STARTS FOR PYLOS WITH
MINERVA DISGUISED AS MENTOR.

Book III
TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS.

Book IV
THE VISIT TO KING MENELAUS, WHO TELLS
HIS STORY—MEANWHILE THE SUITORS IN
ITHACA PLOT AGAINST TELEMACHUS.

Book V
CALYPSO—ULYSSES REACHES SCHERIA ON A
RAFT.

Book VI
THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND
ULYSSES.

Book VII
RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF
KING ALCINOUS.

Book VIII
BANQUET IN THE HOUSE OF ALCINOUS—THE
GAMES.

Book IX
ULYSSES DECLARES HIMSELF AND BEGINS
HIS STORY—-THE CICONS, LOTOPHAGI, AND
CYCLOPES.

Book X
AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.

Book XI
THE VISIT TO THE DEAD. {88}

Book XII
THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE
CATTLE OF THE SUN.

Book XIII
ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO
ITHACA.

Book XIV
ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.

Book XV
MINERVA SUMMONS TELEMACHUS FROM
LACEDAEMON—HE MEETS WITH
THEOCLYMENUS AT PYLOS AND BRINGS HIM TO
ITHACA—ON LANDING HE GOES TO THE HUT OF
EUMAEUS.

Book XVI
ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO
TELEMACHUS.

Book XVII
TELEMACHUS AND HIS MOTHER MEET—
ULYSSES AND EUMAEUS COME DOWN TO THE
TOWN, AND ULYSSES IS INSULTED BY
MELANTHIUS—HE IS RECOGNISED BY THE DOG
ARGOS—HE IS INSULTED AND PRESENTLY
STRUCK BY ANTINOUS WITH A STOOL—
PENELOPE DESIRES THAT HE SHALL BE SENT TO
HER.

Book XVIII
THE FIGHT WITH IRUS—ULYSSES WARNS
AMPHINOMUS—PENELOPE GETS PRESENTS
FROM THE SUITORS—THE BRAZIERS—ULYSSES
REBUKES EURYMACHUS.

TELEMACHUS AND ULYSSES REMOVE THE
ARMOUR—ULYSSES INTERVIEWS PENELOPE—
EURYCLEA WASHES HIS FEET AND RECOGNISES
THE SCAR ON HIS LEG—PENELOPE TELLS HER
DREAM TO ULYSSES.

Book XX
ULYSSES CANNOT SLEEP—PENELOPE’S
PRAYER TO DIANA—THE TWO SIGNS FROM
HEAVEN—EUMAEUS AND PHILOETIUS ARRIVE—
THE SUITORS DINE—CTESIPPUS THROWS AN
OX’S FOOT AT ULYSSES—THEOCLYMENUS
FORETELLS DISASTER AND LEAVES THE HOUSE.

Book XXI
THE TRIAL OF THE AXES, DURING WHICH
ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO EUMAEUS AND
PHILOETIUS.

Book XXII
THE KILLING OF THE SUITORS—THE MAIDS
WHO HAVE MISCONDUCTED THEMSELVES ARE
MADE TO CLEANSE THE CLOISTERS AND ARE
THEN HANGED.

Book XXIII
PENELOPE EVENTUALLY RECOGNISES HER
HUSBAND—EARLY IN THE MORNING ULYSSES,
TELEMACHUS, EUMAEUS, AND PHILOETIUS
LEAVE THE TOWN.

Book XXIV
THE GHOSTS OF THE SUITORS IN HADES—
ULYSSES AND HIS MEN GO TO THE HOUSE OF
LAERTES—THE PEOPLE OF ITHACA COME OUT
TO ATTACK ULYSSES, BUT MINERVA
CONCLUDES A PEACE.

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