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The Odyssey

by Homer (750–650 BCE)

26 chapters, about 108,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 100 words
2. INTRODUCTION. 9,700 words
3. ARGUMENT. MINERVA’S DESCENT TO ITHACA. 4,200 words
4. ARGUMENT. THE COUNCIL OF ITHACA. 3,400 words
5. ARGUMENT. THE INTERVIEW OF TELEMACHUS AND NESTOR. 4,600 words
6. ARGUMENT. THE CONFERENCE WITH MENELAUS. 7,200 words
7. ARGUMENT. THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO 3,300 words
8. ARGUMENT. 2,700 words
9. ARGUMENT. THE COURT OF ALCINOUS. 3,200 words
10. BOOK VIII. 4,500 words
11. BOOK IX. 4,200 words
12. BOOK X. 4,700 words
13. ARGUMENT. THE DESCENT INTO HELL. 6,400 words
14. ARGUMENT. THE SIRENE, SCYLLA, AND CHARYBDIS. 3,900 words
15. ARGUMENT. THE ARRIVAL OF ULYSSES IN ITHACA. 3,400 words
16. ARGUMENT. THE CONVERSATION WITH EUMAEUS. 4,400 words
17. ARGUMENT. THE RETURN OF TELEMACHUS. 4,100 words
18. ARGUMENT. THE DISCOVERY OF ULYSSES TO TELEMACHUS. 3,200 words
19. ARGUMENT. 4,700 words
20. ARGUMENT. THE FIGHT OF ULYSSES AND IRUS. 3,700 words
21. ARGUMENT. THE DISCOVERY OF ULYSSES TO EURYCLEA. 4,600 words
22. ARGUMENT. 3,000 words
23. ARGUMENT. THE BENDING OF ULYSSES’ BOW. 3,600 words
24. ARGUMENT. THE DEATH OF THE SUITORS. 3,300 words
25. ARGUMENT. 3,000 words
26. ARGUMENT. 4,600 words

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