The Odyssey (Robert Fitzgerald's translation) in 24 books.
1. A Goddess Intervenes
2. A Hero's Son Awakens
3. The Lord of the Western Approaches
4. The Red-Haired King and His Lady
5. Sweet Nymph and Open Sea
6. The Princess at the River
7. Gardens and Firelight
8. The Songs of the Harper
9. New Coasts and Poseidon's Son
10. The Grace of the Witch
11. A Gathering of Shades
12. Sea Perils and Defeat
13. One More Strange Island
14. Hospitality in the Forest
15. How They Came to Ithaka
16. Father and Son
17. The Beggar at the Manor
18. Blows and a Queen's Beauty
19. Recognitions and a Dream
20. Signs and a Vision
21. The Test of the Bow
22. Death in the Great Hall
23. The Trunk of the Olive Tree
24. Warriors, Farewell
Here is something else that may be of interest for oudeis (This is from the
"Introduction" to my Greek edition, Sanford):
1st day Assembly of gods; Athena visits Telemachus in Ithaca
(Book 1).
2nd day Assembly of Ithacans; Telemachus prepares for his journey
(2, 1-398). He sails away that night (2, 399-end).
3rd day Telemachus arrives at Pylos and hears Nestor's story (3,
1-403).
4th day Telemachos leaves Pylos for Pherai (3, 404-90).
5th day Telemachos's journey to Sparta and reception at Menalaus'
palace
(3, 491-4, 305).
6th day He stays at Sparta and hears Menelaus' story (4,
306-624). In Ithaca Telemachus' departure is discovered.
Conspiracy of Suitors to ambush and kill him (4,
625-786). In the night Penelope dreams; the conspirators
set out (4, 787-end).
7th day Second assembly of gods. Hermes tells Calypso to send
Odysseus home (5, 1-227).
8th-11th days Odysseus builds an improved boat (5, 228-62).
12th-28th days. Odysseus voyages safely (5,263-278).
29th day Poseidon wrecks him with a storm. (5, 279-387).
30th & 31st days Odysseus drifts on a spar and reaches Scherie (5,
388-end).
32nd day Athena sends Nausicaa to near where Odysseus sleeps. They
meet. Odysseus is received hospitably at Alcinous' palace
(6 and 7).
33rd day Entertainment by the Phaeacians with feast, song, dance,
athletics (8). That evening Odysseus recounts his
previous adventures between Troy and Scherie: the
Cicones, Lotus-Eaters, Cyclops, Aeolus, Laestrygones,
Circe, Land of Ghosts, Seirens, Scylla and Charybdis, the
Cattle of the Sun, the storm, Calypso's island (8-13,
17).
34th day Odysseus voyages home from Phaeacia and arrives in Ithaca
(13, 18-92).
35th day Odysseus lands and stays with the Swineherd (13, 93-end
of 14). Telemachus travels from Sparta to Pherai (15,
1-188). Note: the chronology is uncertain here; Butcher
and Lang add an extra day for Telemachus' journey.
36th day Telemachus reaches Pylos and sails home (15, 189-300).
Odysseus stays with the Swineherd (15, 301-494).
37th day Telemachus, having evaded the ambush, lands on Ithaca and
joins Odysseus and the Swineherd (15, 495-end of 16).
38th day Odysseus disguised as a beggar goes among the Suitors in
his palace. He fights a rival beggar, talks with
Penelope, is recognized by his old Nurse (17-19).
39th day The contest with the bow. The killing of the Suitors
(20-23, 240). That night Penelope at last accepts
Odysseus as being truly her husband (23, 241-346).
40th day The souls of the Suitors go to Hades; Odysseus visits his
father; Athena makes peace between Odysseus and the Suitors'
kinsmen (23, 347-end).
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I think there are some legitimate questions about whether the new boat is an
"improvement" or a setup for disaster. A hint of subcutaneous peevishness
coming from somewhere. Might it not ripen into revenge? from Calypso? from
Circe? from the pigpen? probably not the pigpen. They aren't going to make
it home. One guy breaks his neck right away and meets Odysseus in the
underworld. I had thought Odysseus looked for his father in the underworld.
But no. Laertes is alive and well at the very end of the poem. He's digging
up around a fruit tree.
The way I hear it, you aren't supposed to do that. I did it anyway and the
flowers did very well. But all that fertilizer is supposed to be b a d for
the tree. Can you believe that?
But the guy who breaks his neck. Is he going to be in the play? at all the
RL theaters? And the storm? and the gods?
I was going to offer to do a Cast of Characters (Dramatis Personae) if no
one has already done it or started on it.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Odysseus
Penelope
Telemachus
Athena
Chorus of Suitors
Assembly of Gods
The Crew's Chorus
Hermes
Circe
Calypso
Polyphemus
etc.
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