TO
HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE
IN APPRECIATION OF HIS SCHOLARSHIP
IN ADMIRATION OF HIS ART
TO ONE OF THE FEW GREAT ARTISTS
WHO HAS NEVER BEEN UNTRUE
TO THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF HIS CALLING
AND IN SPECIAL MEMORY
OF THE FIRST NIGHT OF “HAMLET”
AT MANCHESTER
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Foreword | [9] |
| Brief Account of Principal Characters in the Odyssey | [13] |
| The First Episode—How They blinded the Son of Poseidon | [21] |
| The Second Episode—The Adventure of the Palace in the Wood | [39] |
| The Third Episode—How Ulysses walked in Hell, and of the Adventure of the Sirens and Scylla | [48] |
| The Fourth Episode—How Ulysses lost his Merry Men and came a Waif to Calypso with the Shining Hair | [63] |
| The Last Episode—How the King came Home again after the Long Years | [80] |
| A Note on Homer and Ulysses | [98] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| HE STARED STEADILY AT THEM WITH HIS SINGLE EYE FOR A FULL MINUTE | [Frontispiece] | |
| THEN HE CAME SWIFTLY UPON THE GLEAMING PALACE | facing page | [45] |
| THEN HE WAS, IN AN INSTANT MOMENT, AWARE OF A MORE THAN MORTAL PRESENCE | ” | [49] |
| THEY CAME TO THE BRINK OF THE RIVER | ” | [52] |
| “WHO AM I THAT I CAN COMBAT THE WILL OF ZEUS OR THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEART?” | ” | [78] |
| “NAY, IF YOU LOVE ME,” HE SAID, “NONE OF THAT, MY FRIEND” | ” | [83] |
FOREWORD
Seven fair and illustrious cities of the dim, ancient world, Argos, Athenæ, Chios, Colophon, Salamis, Rhodos, Smyrna, fought a war of words over Homer’s birthplace.