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The Odyssey

by Homer (750–650 BCE)

28 chapters, about 111,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 100 words
2. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION 2,100 words
3. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION 600 words
4. BOOK I 3,800 words
5. BOOK II 3,200 words
6. TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. 3,800 words
7. BOOK IV 7,500 words
8. CALYPSO—ULYSSES REACHES SCHERIA ON A RAFT. 4,400 words
9. THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. 3,200 words
10. BOOK VII 2,900 words
11. BANQUET IN THE HOUSE OF ALCINOUS—THE GAMES. 4,800 words
12. BOOK IX 5,200 words
13. AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. 5,400 words
14. THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 5,800 words
15. BOOK XII 4,300 words
16. ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. 3,600 words
17. ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. 5,400 words
18. BOOK XV 4,900 words
19. ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. 4,300 words
20. BOOK XVII 5,300 words
21. BOOK XVIII 3,900 words
22. BOOK XIX 6,000 words
23. BOOK XX 3,200 words
24. BOOK XXI 3,800 words
25. BOOK XXII 4,100 words
26. BOOK XXIII 3,500 words
27. BOOK XXIV 5,200 words
28. FOOTNOTES: 900 words

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