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Proem; the gods in council; Athena goes to Ithaka, and Telémachos greets her.
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The suitors dine; Athena advises Telémachos to seek news of his father
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Penelope appears; Telémachos bids her to return and scolds the suitors.
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In assembly Telémachos complains of the suitors, Antínoös of Penelope.
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Halithérses warns them; Telémachos tells of his voyage; Mentor scolds them.
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Athena encourages Telémachos; Antínoös tries to soothe him; he sets forth.
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In Pylos Nestor greets and questions him and talks about the heroes at Troy.
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The heroes’ Returns; Telémachos tells his troubles and asks of Agamemnon.
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Agamemnon’s death, Orestes’ revenge; Nestor bids Telémachos to go to Sparta.
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Nestor sacrifices to Athena; Telémachos leaves for Sparta with Peisístratos.
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Meneláos greets them, speaks of his travels, and regrets his comrades at Troy.
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Helen names Telémachos; all mourn Odysseus; Helen tells a story of him.
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Meneláos tells tales of Odysseus and of his own travels and what he learned.
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With his daughter’s help, Proteus is captured and tells Meneláos what to do.
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Proteus talks of Agamemnon and Odysseus; Meneláos returns to Egypt.
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The suitors decide to ambush Telémachos; Medon tells Penelope he left.
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Penelope scolds her maids; the suitors set their ambush; Penelope sleeps.
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Obeying Zeus, Hermes orders Kalÿpso to free Odysseus, who weeps by the sea.
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Kalÿpso complains but obeys and tells Odysseus; he exacts an oath of her.
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She helps him build a raft-boat; he departs; Poseidon raises a storm.
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A wave shatters the raft; two days later Odysseus lands in Scheria.
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Naúsikaä goes down to do laundry with her maids; they eat and play with a ball.
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Their shouts awaken Odysseus; he seeks help, and the girl gives it.
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Athena improves his looks; the girl admires him; they return, and he prays.
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Athena guides him to the marvelous palace and tells him to approach Arétè.
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He implores the queen’s aid; King Alkínoös grants him conveyance.
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Arétè asks of his clothes; he tells his story; the King admires him.
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The king orders a convoy; Odysseus cries, hearing of his quarrel with Achilles.
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The youths compete and bid Odysseus to join; he wins the discus-throw.
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After they dance, Demódokos sings the story of Ares and Aphrodítè.
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Odysseus praises the singer; they bring him gifts; Naúsikaä says farewell.
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Demódokos sings of the Wooden Horse; Alkínoös requests Odysseus’ story.
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Odysseus tell his name and his story: the Kikonians, Lotus-eaters, Cyklops.
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In a great cave, they are questioned by the Cyklops, who eats two men.
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Blinded with a stake, the Cyklops tells his neighbors Nobody hurt him.
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They escape beneath sheep; Odysseus taunts the Cyklops, who curses him.
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Aíolos’ wind-bag untied, they return; the Laistrygonians destroy many ships.
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In Aiaía Circè enchants several men; Eurÿlochos returns to tell Odysseus.
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Hermes helps him; he resists Circè, and they go to bed; she frees his men.
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After a year, his men tell him to leave, and she advises him on the voyage.
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They arrive at Hades, sacrifice, see Elpenor; Teiresias counsels Odysseus.
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He talks to his mother about her death, then listens to women of old times.
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More women’s stories. The rulers get him gifts and ask him to continue.
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He talks to Agamemnon and Achilles about their sufferings and their sons.
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Ajax ignores him; he sees other mythical figures; they leave Hades.
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Back in Aiaía, Circè advises Odysseus about his homeward voyage.
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He and his men encounter Skylla and Charÿbdis and arrive at Thrinakia.
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The comrades kill the cows of the sun and are lost in a shipwreck.
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The Phaiákians give Odysseus presents and convey him to Ithaka.
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Poseidon changes the Phaiákian ship to stone; Athena meets Odysseus.
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Athena talks with Odysseus, giving advice and changing his appearance.
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Odysseus as beggar goes to the cabin of Eumaíos and is entertained there.
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They talk; Odysseus tells him a false tale of wanderings and misfortunes.
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He tells how he met Odysseus and was brought to Ithaka; Eumaíos responds.
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They sacrifice and eat; to get a warm wrap, Odysseus tells a story about Troy.
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In Sparta Athena rouses Telémachos to leave; his hosts give him gifts.
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The young men leave; Telémachos avoids Nestor; Theoklÿmenos seeks help.
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Odysseus proposes to go the city; Eumaíos talks of conditions in the palace.
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Eumaíos tells his story; Telémachos arrives in Ithaka and goes to Eumaíos.
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At the cabin, the three meet and talk; Telémachos sends Eumaíos to Penelope.
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Athena changes Odysseus, who reveals himself to his son; they talk and plot.
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The ships arrive; the suitors talk; Penelope talks to them; Eumaíos returns.
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Telémachos goes to the palace, talks to Peiraios, tells Penelope of his journey.
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The seer says Odysseus will return; Odysseus and Eumaios go to the palace.
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Argos, seeing Odysseus, dies; Odysseus begs food, is abused, tells a story.
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Antínoös hits Odysseus; Penelope asks for the beggar, but he puts off going.
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Iros provokes Odysseus to fight and is beaten; Odysseus warns Amphínomos.
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Penelope goes down, scolds Telémachos, and tells the suitors to bring gifts.
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They bring gifts; Melantho scolds Odysseus; Eurÿmachos abuses him.
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Odysseus and his son hide the arms; Melantho scolds; Penelope talks to him.
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He invents a story for her; she tests him; he says Odysseus is coming home.
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Eurykleía, washing his feet, sees the scar he got on Parnassos—the story.
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She knows him; Penelope tells a dream and says she will set up a contest.
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Athena comforts Odysseus; Penelope dreams of him; omens occur.
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A feast is readied; Philoitios declares his loyalty; another omen occurs.
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More abuse; Telémachos speaks; Theoklÿmenos interprets a portent.
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Penelope sets the contest of Odysseus’ bow; Telémachos tries, but desists.
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The suitors fail to string the bow; Odysseus enlists his two servants’ aid.
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Odysseus, over objections, strings the bow and accomplishes the contest.
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Odysseus starts shooting the suitors; they rally, and Telémachos goes for arms.
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Melánthios gets the suitors arms; the herdsmen capture him; Athena appears.
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In a spear-fight, the suitors die; Odysseus spares Phemios and Medon.
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They cleanse the hall, punish the bad maids and Melánthios, call the women.
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Eurykleía tells Penelope, who doubts, but goes to Odysseus, who awaits her.
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A dance in the hall; Penelope tests Odysseus with his bed, then believes him.
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They talk of the future, make love, tell stories; at dawn, Odysseus goes out.
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The suitors’ spirits go to Hades; Agamemnon tells Achilles about his funeral.
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The suitor Amphimédon tells Agamemnon of the suitors’ destruction.
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At the farm, Odysseus, unrecognized, invents a story to test Laërtes.
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Odysseus reveals himself; they go to the farmhouse and are welcomed.
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Townsmen assail them and are repulsed; Athena and Zeus stop the conflict.
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Rodney Merrill speaks about his translation of the Odyssey.
