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The Odyssey of Homer

by Homer (750–650 BCE)

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

Chapters

1. PREFACE. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. INTRODUCTION. 200 words
2. PREFACE. 1,600 words
3. COMPOSITION AND PLOT OF THE ODYSSEY. 3,600 words
4. BOOK I. 4,100 words
5. BOOK II. 3,400 words
6. BOOK III. 4,300 words
7. BOOK IV. 6,800 words
8. BOOK V. 3,800 words
9. BOOK VI. 3,500 words
10. BOOK VII. 2,200 words
11. BOOK VIII. 4,200 words
12. BOOK IX. 4,900 words
13. BOOK X. 5,800 words
14. BOOK XI. 6,600 words
15. BOOK XII. 4,000 words
16. BOOK XIII. 3,700 words
17. BOOK XIV. 4,300 words
18. BOOK XV. 5,300 words
19. BOOK XVI. 3,800 words
20. BOOK XVII. 4,200 words
21. BOOK XVIII. 3,500 words
22. BOOK XIX. 5,700 words
23. BOOK XX. 2,900 words
24. BOOK XXI. 3,000 words
25. BOOK XXII. 3,700 words
26. BOOK XXIII. 3,900 words
27. BOOK XXIV. 4,700 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Legend

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