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Book 1. In council, the gods talk of Agamemnon, Aigísthos, and Odysseus; Athena as Mentes goes to Ithaka and rouses Telémachos
to seek news of his father.
Book 2. In an assembly, Telémachos rebukes the suitors, who describe how Penelope has been
delaying her remarriage; then he prepares for his journey.
Book 3. In Pylos, Telémachos meets Nestor and his sons and
hears about the Achaians' returns, but nothing about Odysseus; then he departs with Peisístratos.
Book 4. In Sparta, the
travelers hear stories of Odysseus and of the return of Helen and Meneláos; in Ithaka, the suitors plot to ambush Telémachos,
and Penelope hears of her son's departure.
Book 5. On Ogygia, Kalypso, at Hermes' prompting, helps Odysseus construct
a raft and leave; the raft is wrecked in a storm sent by Poseidon, and he swims ashore.
Book 6. On Scheria, Naúsikaä meets
the naked Odysseus, clothes and feeds him, and leads him to the Phaiákians' city.
Book 7. Athena leads Odysseus to the
palace, where he receives a welcome, tells how he came, and asks Arétè for conveyance home.
Book 8. At a feast, Demódokos
sings of Troy and the love of Ares and Aphrodítè,; the youths compete in athletics; and Odysseus shows his prowess and says
farewell to Naúsikaä.
Book 9. Odysseus tells of his voyage and what happened when he encountered the Kikonians, the Lotus-eaters,
and the Cyklops.
Book 10. Odysseus continues his story, telling of Aíolos, the bag of winds, the Laistrygonians, and the
enchantments of Circè, with whom they stayed a year.
Book 11. Odysseus tells how in Hades' domain he talked to Teirésias,
to his mother, and to famous women and heroes of old.
Book 12. Odysseus tells how they returned to Circè and encountered
the Sirens, Charybdis, and Skylla, how his men ate the cattle of Helios, and how Zeus sent a storm to wreck the ship.
Book
13. The Phaiákians take Odysseus to Ithaka, where Athena meets him, helps him plot revenge on the suitors, and transforms
him into a beggar.
Book 14. At the pig-farm, Eumaíos the swineherd welcomes Odysseus, who pretends to be a Cretan and
tells stories of his life and wanderings.
Book 15. Telémachos leaves Sparta, avoids Nestor, and evades the suitors' ambush;
at the farm, Odysseus hears Eumaíos' story; Telémachos arrives in Ithaka and goes to the farm.
Book 16. Odysseus and Telémachos,
reunited, plan to kill the suitors; the suitors and Penelope hear of the ship's arrival in Ithaka.
Book 17. Telémachos
returns to the palace; Odysseus as a beggar goes there with Eumaíos, his old dog dies upon seeing him, and the suitors abuse
him; Penelope seeks to meet him.
Book 18. Odysseus vanquishes Iros the beggar; Penelope extracts presents from the suitors,
who again abuse Odysseus.
Book 19. With Telémachos, Odysseus hides the arms, then he meets Penelope; Eurykleía recognizes
him by the scar he got in his youth, but he silences her; Penelope tells him her dream.
Book 20. Penelope laments; Odysseus
receives both good omens and more abuse; Philoítios the oxherd shows his loyalty; the seer Theoklymenos sees grim omens.
Book
21. Penelope orders the contest, at which the suitors fail; Odysseus reveals himself to the two herdsmen, strings the bow,
and shoots through the axes.
Book 22. Odysseus and his men slaughter the suitors, sparing only Phemios and Medon; Telémachos
hangs the culpable maids.
Book 23. Penelope receives Odysseus as her husband after he tells about making their marriage
bed; they embrace and talk of their sorrows.
Book 24. In Hades' domain the shades converse and the slain suitors enter;
Odysseus tests his father and reveals himself; they start fighting the suitors' kinsmen, but Athena stops them.
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