AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF THE HERO, ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER
I.[About Troy and the Journey of Paris to Greece]
II.[The Flight of Helen]
III.[The Greeks Sail for Troy]
IV.[The Fall of Troy]

PART II

THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS TO HIS OWN COUNTRY

CHAPTER
V.[Odysseus on the Island of Calypso]
VI.[Odysseus Constructs a Raft and Leaves the Island]
VII.[Odysseus is Saved on the Island of Scheria]
VIII.[Nausicaä is Sent to the River by Athena]
IX.[Odysseus Arrives at the Palace of Alkinoös]
X.[Odysseus in the Halls of Alkinoös]
XI.[The Banquet in Honor of Odysseus]
XII.[Odysseus Relates His Adventures]
XIII.[The Lotus-Eaters and the Cyclops]
XIV.[The Cave of the Cyclops]
XV.[The Blinding of the Cyclops]
XVI.[Odysseus and His Companions Leave the Land of the Cyclops]
XVII.[The Adventures of Odysseus on the Island of Æolus]
XVIII.[Odysseus at the Home of Circè]
XIX.[Circè Instructs Odysseus Concerning His Descent to Hades]
XX.[The Adventures of Odysseus in Hades]
XXI.[Odysseus Converses with His Mother and Agamemnon]
XXII.[Conversation with Achilles and Other Heroes]
XXIII.[The Return of Odysseus to the Island of Circè]
XXIV.[Odysseus Meets the Sirens, Skylla, and Charybdis]
XXV.[Odysseus on the Island of Hēlios]
XXVI.[The Departure of Odysseus from the Island of Scheria]
XXVII.[Odysseus Arrives at Ithaca]
XXVIII.[Odysseus Seeks the Swineherd]

PART III

THE TRIUMPH OF ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER
XXIX.[Athena Advises Telemachos]
XXX.[Telemachos Astonishes the Wooers]
XXXI.[Penelope's Web]
XXXII.[The Journey of Telemachos]
XXXIII.[Telemachos in Pylos]
XXXIV.[Telemachos in Sparta]
XXXV.[Menelaos Relates His Adventures]
XXXVI.[The Conspiracy of the Suitors]
XXXVII.[Telemachos Returns to Ithaca]
XXXVIII.[Telemachos and the Swineherd]
XXXIX.[Telemachos Recognizes Odysseus]
XL.[Telemachos Returns to the Palace]
XLI.[Odysseus is Recognized by His Dog]
XLII.[Odysseus Comes, a Beggar, to His Own House]
XLIII.[Conversation of Odysseus and Penelope]
XLIV.[Eurycleia Recognizes Odysseus]
XLV.[Penelope's Dream]
XLVI.[Athena Encourages Odysseus]
XLVII.[The Last Banquet of the Suitors]
XLVIII.[Odysseus Bends the Bow]
XLIX.[Death of the Suitors]
L.[Eurycleia Announces the Return of Odysseus to Penelope]
LI.[Odysseus Visits His Father]
[Vocabulary and Notes]