The Odyssey
Summary & Analysis
Pick one book: in each one, you get a summary of what happens, followed by the passages with analysis.
- Book IThe council of the gods and Telemachus
- Book IIThe assembly in Ithaca
- Book IIITelemachus in Pylos
- Book IVTelemachus in Sparta
- Book VCalypso and the raft
- Book VINausicaa
- Book VIIThe palace of Alcinous
- Book VIIIThe games of the Phaeacians
- Book IXThe Cyclops
- Book XAeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe
- Book XIThe descent to the dead
- Book XIIThe Sirens, Scylla, and the Cattle of the Sun
- Book XIIIThe arrival in Ithaca
- Book XIVIn Eumaeus's hut
- Book XVTelemachus's return
- Book XVIFather and son
- Book XVIIThe beggar in the palace
- Book XVIIIIrus and the suitors
- Book XIXPenelope and the scar
- Book XXThe omens
- Book XXIThe bow
- Book XXIIThe slaughter of the suitors
- Book XXIIIThe olive-wood bed
- Book XXIVPeace in Ithaca