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Entities

Thrinacian island

Lotus-eaters' land

Cave of Ilithuia

the Phaeacian ship

Sheep of the Sun

Cattle of the Sun

Council of the Gods

Telemachus's Assembly

Telemachus's Journey to Pylos and Sparta

Suitors' Plot to Ambush Telemachus

Hermes' Message to Calypso

Odysseus's Departure from Ogygia and Shipwreck

Odysseus and Nausicaa

Odysseus's Reception by the Phaeacians

Cyclops Episode

Laestrygonians Episode

Nekyia (Visit to the Underworld)

Scylla and Charybdis

Odysseus's Return to Ithaca

Odysseus's Disguise and Meeting with Athena

Odysseus at Eumaeus's Hut

Father and Son Reunion

Contest of the Bow

Killing of the Suitors

Recognition of Odysseus by Penelope

Visit to Laertes

Peace with the Ithacans

Blinding of Polyphemus

Slaughter of the Suitors

Encounter with Circe

Visit to the Underworld

Passing the Sirens

Passage between Scylla and Charybdis

Slaughter of the Sun's Cattle

Meeting with Nausicaa

Revelation to the Phaeacians

Recognition by Penelope

Telemachus's Journey to Pylos

Suitors' Ambush Plot

Odysseus's Disguise and Meeting with Eumaeus

Law of Hospitality

Prohibition against harming the cattle of the Sun

Rule of the Bow Contest

Odysseus's parting command to Penelope

Rule of sparing the guiltless

Rule against vaunting over the dead

Peace covenant between Odysseus and the Ithacans

Odysseus and Penelope (husband and wife)

Odysseus and Telemachus (father and son)

Odysseus and Laertes (father and son)

Odysseus and Anticlea (mother and son)

Penelope and Telemachus (mother and son)

Odysseus and Calypso (captor-captive · lover)

Odysseus and Circe (lover and helper)

Odysseus and Nausicaa (potential marriage · helper)

Odysseus and Alcinous (host and guest)

Odysseus and Athena (protector and protégé)

Odysseus and Poseidon (enemy)

Telemachus and Athena·Mentor (mentor and mentee)

Penelope and the suitors (wooer and wooed)

Telemachus and the suitors (enemy)

Agamemnon and Clytemnestra (husband and wife, unfaithful)

Agamemnon and Aegisthus (murderer and victim)

Orestes and Aegisthus (avenger and victim)

Menelaus and Helen (husband and wife)

Achilles and Patroclus (friend)

Nestor and Telemachus (host and guest)

Eumaeus and Odysseus (master and servant)

Philoetius and Odysseus (master and servant)

Melanthius and Odysseus (servant turned enemy)

Polyphemus and Odysseus (enemy)

Odysseus's Captivity

Poseidon's Wrath

Polyphemus's Curse

Penelope's Weaving Trick

Odysseus's Disguise

rosy-fingered Dawn

grey-eyed Athene

the old man of the sea

the Sirens' song

the wooden horse

the mighty bow of Ulysses

Justice and Revenge

The theme of divine and human justice, and the cycle of revenge.

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Book

Overview Timelines StoryFlow

Entities

Thrinacian island

Lotus-eaters' land

Cave of Ilithuia

the Phaeacian ship

Sheep of the Sun

Cattle of the Sun

Council of the Gods

Telemachus's Assembly

Telemachus's Journey to Pylos and Sparta

Suitors' Plot to Ambush Telemachus

Hermes' Message to Calypso

Odysseus's Departure from Ogygia and Shipwreck

Odysseus and Nausicaa

Odysseus's Reception by the Phaeacians

Cyclops Episode

Laestrygonians Episode

Nekyia (Visit to the Underworld)

Scylla and Charybdis

Odysseus's Return to Ithaca

Odysseus's Disguise and Meeting with Athena

Odysseus at Eumaeus's Hut

Father and Son Reunion

Contest of the Bow

Killing of the Suitors

Recognition of Odysseus by Penelope

Visit to Laertes

Peace with the Ithacans

Blinding of Polyphemus

Slaughter of the Suitors

Encounter with Circe

Visit to the Underworld

Passing the Sirens

Passage between Scylla and Charybdis

Slaughter of the Sun's Cattle

Meeting with Nausicaa

Revelation to the Phaeacians

Recognition by Penelope

Telemachus's Journey to Pylos

Suitors' Ambush Plot

Odysseus's Disguise and Meeting with Eumaeus

Law of Hospitality

Prohibition against harming the cattle of the Sun

Rule of the Bow Contest

Odysseus's parting command to Penelope

Rule of sparing the guiltless

Rule against vaunting over the dead

Peace covenant between Odysseus and the Ithacans

Odysseus and Penelope (husband and wife)

Odysseus and Telemachus (father and son)

Odysseus and Laertes (father and son)

Odysseus and Anticlea (mother and son)

Penelope and Telemachus (mother and son)

Odysseus and Calypso (captor-captive · lover)

Odysseus and Circe (lover and helper)

Odysseus and Nausicaa (potential marriage · helper)

Odysseus and Alcinous (host and guest)

Odysseus and Athena (protector and protégé)

Odysseus and Poseidon (enemy)

Telemachus and Athena·Mentor (mentor and mentee)

Penelope and the suitors (wooer and wooed)

Telemachus and the suitors (enemy)

Agamemnon and Clytemnestra (husband and wife, unfaithful)

Agamemnon and Aegisthus (murderer and victim)

Orestes and Aegisthus (avenger and victim)

Menelaus and Helen (husband and wife)

Achilles and Patroclus (friend)

Nestor and Telemachus (host and guest)

Eumaeus and Odysseus (master and servant)

Philoetius and Odysseus (master and servant)

Melanthius and Odysseus (servant turned enemy)

Polyphemus and Odysseus (enemy)

Odysseus's Captivity

Poseidon's Wrath

Polyphemus's Curse

Penelope's Weaving Trick

Odysseus's Disguise

rosy-fingered Dawn

grey-eyed Athene

the old man of the sea

the Sirens' song

the wooden horse

the mighty bow of Ulysses