Homer · Od.

Odyssey

Ὀδύσσεια

The long homecoming of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca.

This edition presents the original Greek (Perseus) side by side with English translations (A. T. Murray, Samuel Butler, Alexander Pope) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Bekker citation. 24 books, 0 chapters.

See also: Iliad

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• Murray Greek & English · A. T. Murray (Loeb, 1919)
• Butler Greek & English · Samuel Butler (1900)
• Pope Greek & English · Alexander Pope (literary translation — alignment approximate), 1725–26

Books

• Book 1 444 lines Athena, as Mentes, spurs Telemachus to confront the suitors and seek news of Odysseus.
• Book 2 434 lines Telemachus confronts the suitors in assembly, then secretly sails for Pylos with Athena's aid.
• Book 3 497 lines At Pylos, Nestor tells Telemachus of the Achaeans' returns and sends him on to Sparta.
• Book 4 847 lines At Sparta, Menelaus tells Telemachus of Proteus's news of Odysseus, while suitors plot ambush.
• Book 5 493 lines Freed by Zeus's decree, Odysseus leaves Calypso, survives Poseidon's storm, and swims ashore at Scheria.
• Book 6 331 lines Nausicaa finds Odysseus on the shore of Scheria and directs him toward the Phaeacian palace.
• Book 7 347 lines Athena guides Odysseus in mist to the palace of Alcinous, where he is welcomed.
• Book 8 586 lines The Phaeacians hold games and a feast for Odysseus; Demodocus sings, and Odysseus weeps.
• Book 9 566 lines Odysseus names himself and recounts the Cicones, the Lotus-eaters, and the blinding of Polyphemus.
• Book 10 573 lines Odysseus recounts Aeolus's winds, the Laestrygonians' slaughter of his fleet, and Circe's island.
• Book 11 640 lines Odysseus recounts summoning the dead at world's edge and consulting the seer Teiresias.
• Book 12 453 lines Odysseus recounts the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the crew's slaughter of the Sun's cattle.
• Book 13 440 lines The Phaeacians land Odysseus on Ithaca; Poseidon punishes their ship; Athena reveals him home.
• Book 14 533 lines Disguised Odysseus is welcomed by Eumaeus the swineherd and tells a false tale.
• Book 15 557 lines Athena hastens Telemachus's return from Sparta as Odysseus lingers with Eumaeus, testing him.
• Book 16 480 lines Telemachus returns to Eumaeus's hut, where Odysseus reveals himself; the suitors plot his death.
• Book 17 606 lines Telemachus returns to town; Eumaeus leads disguised Odysseus there to beg among the suitors.
• Book 18 428 lines Irus challenges Odysseus and loses; Penelope charms gifts from the suitors that evening.
• Book 19 604 lines Penelope questions the disguised beggar; Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his leg.
• Book 20 394 lines Dawn breaks on the festival of Apollo; omens gather as the suitors feast.
• Book 21 434 lines Penelope sets the contest of the bow; alone among all the suitors, Odysseus strings it.
• Book 22 501 lines Odysseus slays the suitors in his own hall, aided by Telemachus, Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Athena.
• Book 23 371 lines Penelope at last recognizes Odysseus; reunited, they retire, and he departs for Laertes's farm.
• Book 24 548 lines The suitors' shades reach Hades; Odysseus reveals himself to Laertes; Athena secures peace on Ithaca.

Greek text & translations

Greek: Digital Greek text from the Perseus Digital Library (PerseusDL, canonical-greekLit), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Translations: A. T. Murray (Loeb, 1919); Samuel Butler (1900); Alexander Pope (literary translation — alignment approximate), 1725–26.
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