From the Book - Regular Print
Book I Invocation and part summary 27 --
Athene visits Telemachos in Ithaka and urges him to go in search of his father --
Suitors feast in the house of Telemachos --
Book II Assembly on Ithaka 39 --
Telemachos publicly requests the suitors to go home --
secret departure of Telemachos and Athene --
Book III Athene and Telemachos arrive in Pylos 51 --
entertainment by Nestor and his family --
Telemachos and Peisistratos leave for Sparta --
Book IV Arrival at Sparta 65 --
entertainment by Menelaos and Helen --
report that Odysseus is on Kalypso's island --
at Ithaka the suitors learn of Telemachos' departure and lay an ambush for him --
Book V Council of the gods 88 --
Hermes tells Kalypso to let Odysseus go --
he sails on a raft but is wrecked by Poseidon --
he swims ashore on Scheria --
Book VI Odysseus encounters Nausikaa, the princess of the Phaiakians, and is accepted as a guest 102 --
Book VII Reception of Odysseus by Alkinoos and Arete --
Book VIII Odysseus at the games of the Phaiakians 121 --
he is asked to tell his name and his story --
Book IX Wanderings of Odysseus 137 --
Adventure with Polyphemos the Cyclops --
Book X Wanderings of Odysseus 152 --
Aiolos and the bag of winds --
Odysseus blown back to sea after sighting Ithaka --
Adventure with the Laistrygones --
Men transformed and restored --
Book XI Wanderings of Odysseus 168 --
voyage to the land of the dead --
Book XII Wanderings of Odysseus 185 --
loss of the last ship and all the companions --
Odysseus rescued by Kalypso --
end of his story to the Phaiakians --
Book XIII Return of Odysseus to Ithaka 198 --
strange return of the Phaiakian ship --
Athene comes to Odysseus and advises him --
Book XIV Odysseus received by Eumaios 210 --
he tells Eumaios the (false) story of his life --
Book XV Telemachos, urged by Athene, leaves Sparta 225 --
from Pylos, he sails for home --
Odysseus still with Eumaios --
Telemachos eludes the ambush and reaches Ithaka --
Book XVI Telemachos visits Eumaios 240 --
Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachos --
Penelope and the suitors learn that Telemachos has returned --
night at the house of Eumaios --
Book XVII Return of Telemachos to his house 253 --
Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, goes to the house with Eumaios --
Odysseus begs from the suitors --
Book XVIII Fight between Odysseus and Iros 270 --
Penelope appears briefly before the suitors --
after disorderly incidents the suitors go home --
Book XIX Interview by night between Odysseus and Penelope 282 --
Odysseus almost betrayed by his scar --
plan for the test of the bow --
Book XX Next morning all the principals gather in the house 298 --
Book XXI Test of the bow 309 --
Book XXII Killing of the suitors 321 --
punishment of the faithless maids and thrall --
Book XXIII Recognition of Odysseus by Penelope 335 --
Odysseus goes to Laertes' farm --
Book XXIV Heroes of Troy learn the story from the ghosts of the suitors 345 --
Odysseus reveals himself to Laertes --
burial of the suitors by their relatives, who plan revenge --
final combat between Odysseus and his party and the relatives of the suitors --