The Odyssey

Homer

• Publisher: Youcanprint
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9788827809532
• Topic: Letteratura
• Subtopic: Classici

Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son; however, his journey is plagued by misfortune as the gods feud over his fate, leaving the Ithacans to believe that he has died. The Odyssey is attributed to the poet Homer and, after its companion poem the Iliad, is the second-oldest surviving work of Western literature. Composed sometime around the eighth century BC, the ancient Greek poem has since been translated into many languages and serves as an important source of information on ancient Greek culture and mythology. Actor Sean Bean took on the role of Odysseus in the 2004 film Troy, which depicted the events directly leading up to the voyage of the Odyssey.

Table of contents

• Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original
• PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
• PREFACE TO SECONDEDITION
• BOOK I-THE GODS IN COUNCIL—MINERVA'S VISIT TO ITHACA—THE CHALLENGE FROM TELEMACHUS TO THE SUITORS.
• BOOK II-ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE OF ITHACA—SPEECHES OF TELEMACHUS AND OF THE SUITORS—TELEMACHUS MAKES HIS PREPARATIONS AND STARTS FOR PYLOS WITH MINERVA DISGUISED AS MENTOR.
• BOOK III-TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS.
• BOOK IV-THE VISIT TO KING MENELAUS, WHO TELLS HIS STORY—MEANWHILE THE SUITORS IN ITHACA PLOT AGAINST TELEMACHUS.
• BOOK V-CALYPSO—ULYSSES REACHES SCHERIA ON A RAFT.
• BOOKVI-THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES.
• BOOK VII-RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.
• BOOK VIII-BANQUET IN THE HOUSE OF ALCINOUS—THE GAMES.
• BOOK IX-ULYSSESDECLARES HIMSELF AND BEGINS HIS STORY—-THE CICONS, LOTOPHAGI, AND CYCLOPES.
• BOOK X-AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.
• BOOK XI-THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.
• BOOK XII-THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.
• BOOK XIII-ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.
• BOOK XIV-ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.
• BOOK XV-MINERVA SUMMONS TELEMACHUS FROM LACEDAEMON—HE MEETS WITH THEOCLYMENUS AT PYLOS AND BRINGS HIM TO ITHACA—ON LANDING HE GOES TO THE HUT OF EUMAEUS.
• BOOK XVI-ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS.
• BOOK XVII-TELEMACHUS AND HIS MOTHER MEET—ULYSSES AND EUMAEUS COME DOWN TO THE TOWN, AND ULYSSES IS INSULTED BY MELANTHIUS—HE IS RECOGNISED BY THE DOG ARGOS—HE IS INSULTED AND PRESENTLY STRUCK BY ANTINOUS WITH A STOOL—PENELOPEDESIRES THAT HE SHALL
• BOOK XVIII-THE FIGHT WITH IRUS—ULYSSES WARNS AMPHINOMUS—PENELOPE GETS PRESENTS FROM THE SUITORS—THE BRAZIERS—ULYSSES REBUKES EURYMACHUS.
• BOOK XIX-TELEMACHUS AND ULYSSES REMOVE THE ARMOUR—ULYSSES INTERVIEWS PENELOPE—EURYCLEA WASHES HIS FEET AND RECOGNISES THE SCAR ON HIS LEG—PENELOPE TELLS HER DREAM TO ULYSSES.
• BOOK XX-ULYSSES CANNOT SLEEP—PENELOPE'S PRAYER TO DIANA—THE TWO SIGNS FROM HEAVEN—EUMAEUSAND PHILOETIUS ARRIVE—THE SUITORS DINE—CTESIPPUS THROWS AN OX'S FOOT AT ULYSSES—THEOCLYMENUS FORETELLS DISASTER AND LEAVES THE HOUSE.
• BOOK XXI-THE TRIAL OF THE AXES, DURING WHICH ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO EUMAEUS AND PHILOETIUS
• BOOK XXII-THE KILLING OF THE SUITORS—THE MAIDS WHO HAVE MISCONDUCTED THEMSELVES ARE MADE TO CLEANSE THE CLOISTERS AND ARE THEN HANGED.
• BOOK XXIII-PENELOPE EVENTUALLY RECOGNISES HER HUSBAND—EARLY IN THE MORNING ULYSSES, TELEMACHUS, EUMAEUS, AND PHILOETIUS LEAVE THE TOWN.
• BOOK XXIV-THE GHOSTS OF THE SUITORS IN HADES—ULYSSES ANDHIS MEN GO TO THE HOUSE OF LAERTES—THE PEOPLE OF ITHACA COME OUT TO ATTACK ULYSSES, BUT MINERVA CONCLUDES A PEACE.
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