XI. He tells the king how he descended into Hadês;
XII. Gives an account of the syrens; of Scylla and Charybdis; and of his being cast on the island of Calypso.
XIII. Alcinoos gives Odysseus a ship which conveys him to Ithăca, where he assumes the disguise of a beggar,
XIV. And is lodged in the house of Eumœos, a faithful old domestic.
XV. Telemachus, having returned to Ithaca, is lodged in the same house,
XVI. And becomes known to his father.
XVII. Odysseus goes to his palace, is recognized by his dog, Argos; but
XVIII. The beggar Iros insults him, and Odysseus breaks his jaw-bone.
XIX. While bathing, the returned monarch is recognized by a scar on his leg;
XX. And when he enters his palace, becomes an eye-witness to the disorders of the court, and to the way in which