Stories from the Odyssey
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About This Book
Stories from the OdysseyHomerRetold By H. L. HavellGREEK CLASSICSThe Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia.The impersonal character of the Homeric poems has left us entirely in the dark as to the birthplace, the history, and...
Chapters (78)(click to expand)
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- STORIES FROM THE ODYSSEY
- Telemachus, Penelope, and the Suitors
- I
- II
- III
- The Assembly; The Voyage of Telemachus
- I
- II
- The Visit to Nestor at Pylos
- I
- II
- Telemachus at Sparta
- I
- II
- III
- Odysseus and Calypso
- I
- II
- Odysseus among the Phæacians
- I
- II
- III
- The Wanderings of Odysseus
- I
- II
- IV
- The Visit to Hades
- I
- II
- The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis; Thrinacia
- I
- II
- III
- Odysseus lands in Ithaca
- I
- II
- Odysseus and Eumæus
- I
- II
- The Return of Telemachus
- I
- II
- The Meeting of Telemachus and Odysseus
- I
- II
- III
- The Home-coming of Odysseus
- I
- II
- The Beggar Irus
- Penelope and the Wooers
- I
- II
- Odysseus and Penelope
- The End draws near; Signs and Wonders
- The Bow of Odysseus
- I
- II
- The Slaying of the Wooers
- I
- II
- Odysseus and Penelope
- I
- II
- III
- Conclusion
- I
- II
- PRONOUNCING LIST OF NAMES
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