University of Cebu-Banilad Library

Includes index.

Contents: Book I The Gods in council- Athene'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 Athene 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- Odysseus reaches Scheria on a raft -- Book VI The meeting between Nausicaa and Odysseus -- Book VII Reception of Odysseus at the palace of King Alcinous -- Book VIII Banquet in the house of Alcinous- the games -- Book IX Odysseus declares himself and begins his story- the Cicones, Lotophagi, and Cyclopes -- Book X Aeolus, the laestrygonians, circe -- Book XI The visit to the dead -- Book XII The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, the cattle of the sun -- Book XIII Odysseus leaves Scheria and returns to Ithaca -- Book XIV Odysseus in the hut with Eumaeus -- Book XV Athene summons Telemachus from Lacedaemon- he meets Theoclymenus at Pylos and brings him to Ithaca- on landing he goes to the hut of Eumaeus -- Book XVI Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus -- Book XVII Telemachus and his mother meet Odysseus and Eumaeus come down to the town, and Odysseus is insulted by Melanthius- he is recognised by the dog Argus- he is insulted and presently struck by Antinous with a stool- Penelope desires that he shall be sent to her -- Book XVIII The fight with Irus- Odysseus warns Amphinomus- Penelope gets presents from the suitors- the braziers- Odysseus rebukes Eurymachus -- Book XIX Telemachus and Odysseus remove the armour- Odysseus interviews Penelope- Eurycleia washes his feet and recognises the scar on his leg- Penelope tells her dream to Odysseus -- Book XX Odysseus cannot sleep- Penelope's prayer to Artemis- the two signs from heaven- Eumaeus and Philoetius arrive- the suitors dine- Ctesipus throws an ox's foot at Odysseus- Theoclymenus foretells disaster and leaves the house -- Book XXI The trial of the axes, during which Odysseus reveals himself to Eumaeus and Philoetius -- Book XXII The killing of suitors- the maids who have misconducted themselves are made to cleans the cloisters, and are then hanged -- Book XXIII Penelope eventually recognizes her husband- early in the morning Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and Philoetius leave the town -- Book XXIV The ghosts of the suitors in Hades- Odysseus and his men go to the house of Laertes- the people of Ithaca come out to attack Odysseus, but Athene concludes a peace.

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