The OdysseyAfter the brutal war with the Trojans and the mourning of the death of Achilles, the heroic king Ulysses sets course for home but in the process insults the god Poseidon. The angry god causes Ulysses and his crew to wander the sea for years as they get tempted by banished gods, fight off mighty monsters and even descend to the gates of the Greek hell, Tartarus, to rescue a wayward crew member. Meanwhile those in Ulysses kingdom try to court his forlorn wife who eagerly await her husband's return. |
Contents
13 BOOK II 14 FOOTNOTES 23 BOOK III 24 FOOTNOTES 34 BOOK IV 35 FOOTNOTES 52 BOOK V 53 FOOTNOTES 63 BOOK VI 64 FOOT... | 151 |
BOOK XV | 163 |
BOOK XVI | 175 |
BOOK XVII | 185 |
BOOK XIX | 208 |
BOOK XX | 221 |
BOOK XXI | 230 |
BOOK XXII | 240 |
BOOK XXIII | 251 |
BOOK XXIV | 259 |
NOTES | 270 |
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Alcinoüs answer answer'd Antinoüs arms arrived attend bark bear began beneath beside bore charge Chief close course daughter death Deep discrete divine dread earth ended escape Eumæus ev'ry eyes fair father fear feast flood followers force friends gave gifts give Goddess Gods guest hands hast hath hear heard heart heav'n hence Hero illustrious isle Ithaca Jove King land leave length lest live Meantime Menelaus mind mother native never night noble num'rous o'er once palace Pallas Penelope placed pow'r Prince prove reach'd received replied rest return'd rock safe saying seat seek ship shore side sight Sire sleep sons soon sought spake stood stranger suitors tears Telemachus tell thee thence thine thou thou hast thought thyself till Tiresias Ulysses voice waves wine wing'd woes youth