The OdysseyThe Samuel Butler translation of "The Odyssey" by Homer. |
Contents
The gods agree that Oaysseu must return home | 3 |
Telemachus is welcomed by Nestor at Pylos | 25 |
Menelaus and Helen receive Telemachus | 38 |
Hermes is sent by Zeus to Ogygia to tell Calypso | 58 |
Nausicaa invites the stranger to the house of her father | 70 |
Alcinous gives a banquet for Odysseus | 88 |
Odysseus reveals who he is and begins the story | 103 |
Odysseus goes on to tell of the visits to the isle | 117 |
Odysseus describes his voyage to Hades to con | 131 |
Odysseus tells of his return to Circe and depar | 147 |
In the hut of his swineherd Eumaeus Odys | 170 |
Telemachus in Sparta bids farewell to Mene | 183 |
Common terms and phrases
Achaeans Aegisthus Agamemnon Alcinous answered Odysseus Antinous armor Athene began brought Calypso cave Circe cloak cloister crew Cyclops daughter dead dear drink offerings Dulichium eat and drink Eumaeus Euryclea Eurylochus Eurymachus eyes father feast fell friends gave ghosts give goddess gods gone hands head heard heart heaven Hephaestus Hermes house of Hades husband Icarius immortal island Ithaca killed Laertes Laestrygonians land live look maids matter meat Melanthius Menelaus mind mother Neleus Nestor never night Odysseus Odysseus answered once Penelope Phaeacians Pisistratus Poseidon prayed Pylos reached round sail seat sent servants sheep ship shirt sing sleep soon sorrow speak spear spoke stay stranger suitors swineherd Teiresias Telemachus tell Theoclymenus things threw told took town Troy wash whereon wife wind wine woman women young Zeus