Based on W.B. Stanford's commentary, pages x-xii (London 1959)
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Day 1 |
Assembly of gods, Athena visits Telemachus |
Book 1 |
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Day 2 |
Assembly on Ithaca, Telemachus sails |
Book 2 |
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Day 3 |
He arrives in Pylos |
Book 3 |
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Day 4 |
He leaves Pylos |
Book 3 |
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Day 5 |
He goes to Sparta; Menelaus receives him |
Books 3-4 |
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Day 6 |
He stays at Sparta; hears Menelaus' story,while in Ithaca suitors learn he's left and plot his murder. Penelope dreams |
Book 4 |
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Day 7 |
2nd assembly of gods |
Book 5 |
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Days 8-11 |
Odysseus builds his boat |
Book 5 |
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Days 12-28 |
Odysseus voyages safely |
Book 5 |
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Day 29 |
Poseidon wrecks him |
Book 5 |
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Days 30-31 |
Odysseus drift to Scheria |
Book 5 |
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Day 32 |
Athena sends Nausicaa to shore; she meets Odysseus, who is received hospitably at palace |
Books 6-7
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Day 33 |
Entertainment of Odysseus, who tells his adventures |
Books 8-13 |
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Day 34
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Odysseus voyages home to Ithaca |
Book 13 |
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Day 35 |
Odysseus lands and stays with Eumaeus; Telemachus travels back to Pherai |
(O) Books 13-14; (T) Book 15
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Day 36 |
Telemachus reaches Pylos and sails home |
Book 15 |
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Day 37 |
Telemachus lands on Ithaca and joins Odysseus and Eumaeus |
Books 15-16 |
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Day 38 |
Odysseus, disguised as beggar, goes among suitors, fights a rival beggar, talks with Penelope, is recognized by Nurse |
Books 17-19 |
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Day 39 |
The contest with the bow. Odysseus kills suitors. Penelope at last accepts Odysseus |
Books 20-23 |
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Day 40 |
The suitors' souls go to Hades; Odysseus visits his father; Athena makes peace between Odysseus and the suitors' kinsmen |
Books 23-24 |