THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES
Preface 240 CHAPTER I. The Cicons—The fruit of the lotos tree—Polyphemus and the Cyclops—The kingdom of the winds, and god Æolus's fatal present—The Læstrygonian man-eaters 241 CHAPTER II. The House of Circe—Men changed into beasts—The voyage to hell—The banquet of the dead 250 CHAPTER III. The song of the Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis—The oxen of the Sun—The judgment—The crew killed by lightning 262 CHAPTER IV. The Island of Calypso—Immortality refused 269 CHAPTER V. The tempest—The sea-bird's gift—The escape by swimming—The sleep in the woods 273 CHAPTER VI. The Princess Nausicaa—The washing—The game with the ball—The Court of Phæacia and king Alcinous. 277 CHAPTER VII. The songs of Demodocus—The convoy home—The mariners transformed to stone—The young shepherd. 283 CHAPTER VIII. The change from a king to a beggar—Eumæus and the herdsmen—Telemachus 290 CHAPTER IX. The queen's suitors—The battle of the beggars—The armour taken down—The meeting with Penelope 301 CHAPTER X. The madness from above—The bow of Ulysses—The slaughter—The conclusion 308