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Preface to First Edition
Book I - THE GODS IN COUNCIL - MIVERVA'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 MINERVA 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 - ULYSSES REACHES SCHERIA ON A RAFT.
Book VI - THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES.
Book VII - RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.
Book VIII - BANQUET IN THE HOUSE OF ALCINOUS - THE GAMES.
Book IX - ULYSSES DECLARES HIMSELF AND BEGINS HIS STORY - -THE CICONS, LOTOPHAGI, AND CYCLOPES.
Book X - AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.
Book XI - THE VISIT TO THE DEAD. {88}
Book XII - THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.
Book XIII - ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.
Book XIV - ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.
Book XV - MINERVA SUMMONS TELEMACHUS FROM LACEDAEMON - HE MEETS WITH THEOCLYMENUS AT PYLOS AND BRINGS HIM TO ITHACA - ON LANDING HE GOES TO THE HUT OF EUMAEUS.
Book XVI - ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS.
Book XVII - TELEMACHUS AND HIS MOTHER MEET - ULYSSES AND EUMAEUS COME DOWN TO THE TOWN, AND ULYSSES IS INSULTED BY MELANTHIUS - HE IS RECOGNISED BY THE DOG ARGOS - 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 - ULYSSES WARNS AMPHINOMUS - PENELOPE GETS PRESENTS FROM THE SUITORS - THE BRAZIERS - ULYSSES REBUKES EURYMACHUS.
Book XIX - TELEMACHUS AND ULYSSES REMOVE THE ARMOUR - ULYSSES INTERVIEWS PENELOPE - EURYCLEA WASHES HIS FEET AND RECOGNISES THE SCAR ON HIS LEG - PENELOPE TELLS HER DREAM TO ULYSSES.
Book XX - ULYSSES CANNOT SLEEP - PENELOPE'S PRAYER TO DIANA - THE TWO SIGNS FROM HEAVEN - EUMAEUS AND PHILOETIUS ARRIVE - THE SUITORS DINE - CTESIPPUS THROWS AN OX'S FOOT AT ULYSSES - THEOCLYMENUS FORETELLS DISASTER AND LEAVES THE HOUSE.
Book XXI - THE TRIAL OF THE AXES, DURING WHICH ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO EUMAEUS AND PHILOETIUS
Book XXII - THE KILLING OF THE SUITORS - THE MAIDS WHO HAVE MISCONDUCTED THEMSELVES ARE MADE TO CLEANSE THE CLOISTERS AND ARE THEN HANGED.
Book XXIII - PENELOPE EVENTUALLY RECOGNISES HER HUSBAND - EARLY IN THE MORNING ULYSSES, TELEMACHUS, EUMAEUS, AND PHILOETIUS LEAVE THE TOWN.
Book XXIV - THE GHOSTS OF THE SUITORS IN HADES - ULYSSES AND HIS MEN GO TO THE HOUSE OF LAERTES - THE PEOPLE OF ITHACA COME OUT TO ATTACK ULYSSES, BUT MINERVA CONCLUDES A PEACE.
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