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Table of Contents
Book 1: Athena Visits Ithaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Book 2: Telemachus Prepares for his Voyage . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Book 3: Telemachus Visits Nestor in Pylos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Book 4: Telemachus Visits Menelaus in Sparta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Book 5: Odysseus Leaves Calypso’s Island and Reaches Phaeacia . . . . 96
Book 6: Odysseus and Nausicaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Book 7: Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous in Phaeacia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Book 8: Odysseus is Entertained in Phaeacia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Book 9: Ismarus, the Lotus Eaters, and the Cyclops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Book 10: Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Book 11: Odysseus Meets the Shades of the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Book 12: The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, The Cattle of the Sun . . . . 233
Book 13: Odysseus Leaves Phaeacia and Reaches Ithaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Book 14: Odysseus Meets Eumaeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Book 15: Telemachus Returns to Ithaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Book 16: Odysseus Reveals Himself to Telemachus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Book 17: Odysseus Goes to the Palace as a Beggar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Book 18: Odysseus and Irus the Beggar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Book 19: Eurycleia Recognizes Odysseus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Book 20: Odysseus Prepares for his Revenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Book 21: The Contest With Odysseus’ Bow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412
Book 22: The Killing of the Suitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Book 23: Odysseus and Penelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Book 24: Zeus and Athena End the Fighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489