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Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece

by Homer (750–650 BCE)

52 chapters, about 46,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I ABOUT TROY AND THE JOURNEY OF PARIS TO GREECE 700 words
2. CHAPTER II THE FLIGHT OF HELEN 900 words
3. CHAPTER III THE GREEKS SAIL FOR TROY 500 words
4. CHAPTER IV THE FALL OF TROY 800 words
5. CHAPTER V ODYSSEUS ON THE ISLAND OF CALYPSO 800 words
6. CHAPTER VI ODYSSEUS CONSTRUCTS A RAFT AND LEAVES THE ISLAND 900 words
7. CHAPTER VII ODYSSEUS IS SAVED ON THE ISLAND OF SCHERIA 400 words
8. CHAPTER VIII NAUSICAÄ IS SENT TO THE RIVER BY ATHENA 1,500 words
9. CHAPTER IX ODYSSEUS ARRIVES AT THE PALACE OF ALKINOÖS 900 words
10. CHAPTER X ODYSSEUS IN THE HALLS OF ALKINOÖS 1,000 words
11. CHAPTER XI THE BANQUET IN HONOR OF ODYSSEUS 1,600 words
12. CHAPTER XII ODYSSEUS RELATES HIS ADVENTURES 700 words
13. CHAPTER XIII THE LOTUS-EATERS AND THE CYCLOPS 700 words
14. CHAPTER XIV THE CAVE OF THE CYCLOPS 800 words
15. CHAPTER XV THE BLINDING OF THE CYCLOPS 700 words
16. CHAPTER XVI ODYSSEUS AND HIS COMPANIONS LEAVE THE LAND OF THE CYCLOPS 1,000 words
17. CHAPTER XVII THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS ON THE ISLAND OF ÆOLUS 600 words
18. CHAPTER XVIII ODYSSEUS AT THE HOME OF CIRCÈ 600 words
19. CHAPTER XIX CIRCÈ INSTRUCTS ODYSSEUS CONCERNING HIS DESCENT TO HADES 1,300 words
20. CHAPTER XX THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS IN HADES 700 words
21. CHAPTER XXI ODYSSEUS CONVERSES WITH HIS MOTHER AND AGAMEMNON 700 words
22. CHAPTER XXII CONVERSATION WITH ACHILLES AND OTHER HEROES 800 words
23. CHAPTER XXIII THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS TO THE ISLAND OF CIRCÈ 900 words
24. CHAPTER XXIV ODYSSEUS MEETS THE SIRENS, SKYLLA, AND CHARYBDIS 700 words
25. CHAPTER XXV ODYSSEUS ON THE ISLAND OF HĒLIOS 1,000 words
26. CHAPTER XXVI THE DEPARTURE OF ODYSSEUS FROM THE ISLAND OF SCHERIA 500 words
27. CHAPTER XXVII ODYSSEUS ARRIVES AT ITHACA 1,200 words
28. CHAPTER XXVIII ODYSSEUS SEEKS THE SWINEHERD 1,400 words
29. CHAPTER XXIX ATHENA ADVISES TELEMACHOS 1,100 words
30. CHAPTER XXX TELEMACHOS ASTONISHES THE WOOERS 500 words
31. CHAPTER XXXI PENELOPE'S WEB 1,200 words
32. CHAPTER XXXII THE JOURNEY OF TELEMACHOS 400 words
33. CHAPTER XXXIII TELEMACHOS IN PYLOS 700 words
34. CHAPTER XXXIV TELEMACHOS IN SPARTA 1,400 words
35. CHAPTER XXXV MENELAOS RELATES HIS ADVENTURES 900 words
36. CHAPTER XXXVI THE CONSPIRACY OF THE SUITORS 800 words
37. CHAPTER XXXVII TELEMACHOS RETURNS TO ITHACA 600 words
38. CHAPTER XXXVIII TELEMACHOS AND THE SWINEHERD 600 words
39. CHAPTER XXXIX TELEMACHOS RECOGNIZES ODYSSEUS 900 words
40. CHAPTER XL TELEMACHOS RETURNS TO THE PALACE 800 words
41. CHAPTER XLI ODYSSEUS IS RECOGNIZED BY HIS DOG 500 words
42. CHAPTER XLII ODYSSEUS COMES, A BEGGAR, TO HIS OWN HOUSE 800 words
43. CHAPTER XLIII CONVERSATION OF ODYSSEUS AND PENELOPE 1,000 words
44. CHAPTER XLIV EURYCLEIA RECOGNIZES ODYSSEUS 400 words
45. CHAPTER XLV PENELOPE'S DREAM 500 words
46. CHAPTER XLVI ATHENA ENCOURAGES ODYSSEUS 600 words
47. CHAPTER XLVII THE LAST BANQUET OF THE SUITORS 1,100 words
48. CHAPTER XLVIII ODYSSEUS BENDS THE BOW 1,400 words
49. CHAPTER XLIX DEATH OF THE SUITORS 500 words
50. CHAPTER L EURYCLEIA ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS TO PENELOPE 1,100 words
51. CHAPTER LI ODYSSEUS VISITS HIS FATHER 1,200 words
52. VOCABULARY AND NOTES 2,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Aphrodite

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