Chapter XV: Introduction: , 1

CHAP. I. PENELOPE AND HER SUITORS, 9

“ II. TELEMACHUS GOES IN QUEST OF HIS FATHER, 26

“ III. ULYSSES WITH CALYPSO AND THE PHÆACIANS, 43

“ IV. ULYSSES TELLS HIS STORY TO ALCINOUS, 65

“ V. THE TALE CONTINUED--THE VISIT TO THE SHADES, 78

“ VI. ULYSSES’ RETURN TO ITHACA, 89

“ VII. THE RETURN OF TELEMACHUS FROM SPARTA, 95

“ VIII. ULYSSES REVISITS HIS PALACE, 100

“ IX. THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION, 109

“ X. THE RECOGNITION BY PENELOPE, 116

“ XI. CONCLUDING REMARKS, 125

It has been thought desirable in these pages to use the Latin names of the Homeric deities and heroes, as more familiar to English ears. As, however, most modern translators have followed Homer’s Greek nomenclature, it may be convenient here to give both.

Zeus = Jupiter.
Herè = Juno.
Arēs = Mars.
Poseidōn = Neptune.
Pallas Athenè = Minerva.
Aphroditè = Venus.
Hephaistos = Vulcan.
Hermes = Mercury.
Artemis = Diana.

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Odysseus = Ulysses.
Aias = Ajax.

The passages quoted, unless otherwise specified, are from the admirable translation of Mr Worsley.