CONTENTS
Introduction by G.S.Kirk
Acknowledgements
THE ODYSSEY
1 Gods in council-Telemachus and Athene
2 Telemachus defies the suitors
3 Telemachus,Athene, Nestor
4 Telemachus,Menelaus,Helen
5 Hermes and Calypso-Odysseus released and wrecked
6 Nausicaa
7 Odysseus as guest of Alcinous
8 Phaeacian games,dancing,poems
9 Odysseus begins his tale-The Cyclops
10 Circe
11 Odysseus amonq the ghosts
12 Scylla and Charybdis-The cattle of the sun
13 Odysseus returns to Ithaca
14 Odysseus with the swineherd
15 Telemachus returns to Ithaca
16 Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus
17 The king as beggar
18 The beggar praised and mocked
19 The Queem and the beggar-The nurse knows her master
20 Odysseus insulted and protected
21 The contest of the bow
22 Vengeance on the suitors
23 Penelope doubts and believes
24 The suitors join the ghosts-Odysseus and
Laertes-The battle renewed and ended
Epilogue on translation
Glossary and index of names
Maps of real places