The Odyssey
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Introduction
People and Places
Ithaca: The People At Home
The Gods
Homer's Invocation
Part One: The Wanderings - Calypso, The Sweet Nymph
I am Laertes's Son
The Lotus Eaters
The Cyclops
The Witch Circe
The Land of the Dead
The Sirens: Syclla and Charybdis
The Cattle of the Sun God
Part Two: Coming Home- The Meeting of Father and Son
The Beggar an the Faithful Dog
The Test of the Great Bow
Death at the Palace
Odysseus and Penelope
Questions
Antinous
Antinous was the chief suitor of Penelope. He got killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
Eumaeus
Eumaeus was the faithful swineherd of Odysseus.
Eurycleia
Eurycleia was the nurse of Telemachus who recognized the disguised Odysseus by a scar on his leg.
Eurymachus
Eurymachus was a deceitful suitor of Penelope.
Eurynome
Eurynome was Penelope's housekeeper.
Penelope
She was the wife of Osysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy.
Philoetius
Philoeteus was a cowherd and he also was one of the loyal servant of Odysseus.
Telemachus
He was Odysseus's son.
Home
Introduction
People and Places
Ithaca: The People At Home
The Gods
Homer's Invocation
Part One: The Wanderings - Calypso, The Sweet Nymph
I am Laertes's Son
The Lotus Eaters
The Cyclops
The Witch Circe
The Land of the Dead
The Sirens: Syclla and Charybdis
The Cattle of the Sun God
Part Two: Coming Home- The Meeting of Father and Son
The Beggar an the Faithful Dog
The Test of the Great Bow
Death at the Palace
Odysseus and Penelope
Questions