[CONTENTS.]
| [CHAPTER I.] | ||
| IMPORTANCE OF THE ENQUIRY—THE STEPS WHEREBY I WAS LED TO MYCONCLUSIONS—THE MULTITUDE OF EARLY GREEK POETESSES REMOVESANY À PRIORI DIFFICULTY—THE MUSES AND MINERVA AS HEADSOF LITERATURE—MAN, RATHER THAN WOMAN, THE INTERLOPER | [ 1] | |
| [CHAPTER II.] | ||
| THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEY | [14] | |
| [Book i.] | The council of the gods--Telemachus and the suitors inthe house of Ulysses | [18] |
| [Book ii.] | Assembly of the people of Ithaca--Telemachus starts forPylos | [21] |
| [Book iii.] | Telemachus at the house of Nestor | [23] |
| [Book iv.] | Telemachus at the house of Menelaus--The suitorsresolve to lie in wait for him as he returns, andmurder him | [24] |
| [Book v.] | Ulysses in the island of Calypso--He leaves the islandon a raft, and after great suffering reaches the landof the Phæacians | [28] |
| [Book vi.] | The meeting between Ulysses and Nausicaa | [30] |
| [Book vii.] | The splendours of the house of King Alcinous--QueenArete wants to know how Ulysses got his shirt andcloak, for she knows them as her own work. Ulyssesexplains | [34] |
| [Book viii.] | The Phæacian games and banquet in honour of Ulysses | [37] |
| [Book ix.] | The voyages of Ulysses--The Cicons, Lotus-eaters, andthe Cyclops Polyphemus | [41] |
| [Book x.] | Æolus--The Læstrygonians--Circe | [46] |
| [Book xi.] | Ulysses in the house of Hades | [49] |
| [Book xii.] | The Sirens--Scylla and Charybdis--The cattle of the Sun | [53] |
| [Book xiii.] | Ulysses is taken back to Ithaca by the Phæacians | [57] |
| [Book xiv.] | Ulysses in the hut of Eumæus | [60] |
| [Book xv.] | Telemachus returns from Pylos, and on landing goes tothe hut of Eumæus | [63] |
| [Book xvi.] | Ulysses and Telemachus become known to one another | [66] |
| [Book xvii.] | Telemachus goes to the town, and is followed by Eumæusand Ulysses, who is maltreated by the suitors | [70] |
| [Book xviii.] | The fight between Ulysses and Irus--The suitors makepresents to Penelope--and ill-treat Ulysses | [75] |
| [Book xix.] | Ulysses converses with Penelope, and is recognised byEuryclea | [78] |
| [Book xx.] | Ulysses converses with Eumæus, and with his herdsmanPhilœtius--The suitors again maltreat him--Theoclymenusforetells their doom and leaves the house | [83] |
| [Book xxi.] | The trial of the bow and of the axes | [87] |
| [Book xxii.] | The killing of the suitors | [90] |
| [Book xxiii.] | Penelope comes down to see Ulysses, and being at lastconvinced that he is her husband, retires with him totheir own old room--In the morning Ulysses, Telemachus,Philœtius, and Eumæus go to the house of Laertes | [96] |
| [Book xxiv.] | The Ghosts of the suitors in Hades--Ulysses sees hisfather--is attacked by the friends of the suitors--Laertes kills Eupeithes--Peace is made between himand the people of Ithaca | [99] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | ||
| THE PREPONDERANCE OF WOMAN IN THE ODYSSEY | [105] | |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | ||
| JEALOUSY FOR THE HONOUR AND DIGNITY OF WOMAN—SEVERITYAGAINST THOSE WHO HAVE DISGRACED THEIR SEX—LOVE OF SMALLRELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES—OF PREACHING—OF WHITE LIES ANDSMALL PLAY-ACTING—OF HAVING THINGS BOTH WAYS—AND OF MONEY | [115] | |
| [CHAPTER V.] | ||
| ON THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NO PENELOPE IS BEING WHITEWASHED | [125] | |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | ||
| FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTER OFPENELOPE—THE JOURNEY OF TELEMACHUS TO LACEDÆMON | [134] | |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | ||
| FURTHER INDICATIONS THAT THE WRITER IS A WOMAN—YOUNG—HEADSTRONG—AND UNMARRIED | [142] | |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | ||
| THAT ITHACA AND SCHERIA ARE BOTH OF THEM DRAWN FROM TRAPANIAND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD | [158] | |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | ||
| THE IONIAN AND THE ÆGADEAN ISLANDS—THE VOYAGES OF ULYSSESSHOWN TO BE PRACTICALLY A SAIL ROUND SICILY FROM TRAPANI TO TRAPANI | [171] | |
| [CHAPTER X.] | ||
| FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE VOYAGES OF ULYSSES, TOCONFIRM THE VIEW THAT THEY WERE A SAIL ROUND SICILY,BEGINNING AND ENDING WITH MT. ERYX AND TRAPANI | [188] | |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | ||
| WHO WAS THE WRITER? | [200] | |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | ||
| THE DATE OF THE POEM, AND A COMPARISON OF THE STATE OFTHE NORTH WESTERN PART OF SICILY AS REVEALED TO US IN THEODYSSEY, WITH THE ACCOUNT GIVEN BY THUCYDIDES OF THE SAMETERRITORY IN THE EARLIEST KNOWN TIMES | [210] | |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | ||
| FURTHER EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF AN EARLY IONIAN SETTLEMENTAT OR CLOSE TO TRAPANI | [225] | |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | ||
| THAT THE ILIAD WHICH THE WRITER OF THE ODYSSEY KNEW WAS THESAME AS WHAT WE NOW HAVE | [232] | |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | ||
| THE ODYSSEY IN ITS RELATION TO THE OTHER POEMS OF THETROJAN CYCLE, AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE HANDS OF THEAUTHORESS | [249] | |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | ||
| CONCLUSION | [262] | |
| INDEX. | [271] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
[Frontispiece, Nausicaa.]
[The house of Ulysses]
[The cave of Polyphemus]
[Signor Sugameli and the author in the cave of Polyphemus]
[Map of Trapani and Mt. Eryx]
[The harbour Rheithron, now salt works of S. Cusumano]
[Mouth of the harbour Rheithron, now silted up]
[Map of the Ionian Islands]
[Map of the Ægadean Islands]
[Trapani from Mt. Eryx, showing Marettimo (Ithaca)]
["all highest up in the sea"]
[Map of the voyage of Ulysses]
[Wall at Cefalù, rising from the sea]
[Megalithic remains on the mountain behind Cefalù]
[H. Festing Jones, Esq., in flute of column at Selinunte]
[Remains of megalithic wall on Mt. Eryx]
[Wall at Hissarlik, showing the effects of weathering]
[The Iliadic wall]
[A coin bearing the legend Iakin, and also showing]
[the brooch of Ulysses.]