Introduction: Spelling and pronunciation of Homeric names -- Maps: Homeric geography : Mainland Greece -- Peloponnese -- Aegean and Asia Minor -- Inset: Troy and vicinity -- Homer: Odyssey : Athena inspires the prince -- Telemachus sets sail -- King Nestor remembers -- King and queen of Sparta -- Odysseus- Nymph and shipwreck -- Princess and the stranger -- Phaeacia's halls and gardens -- Day for songs and contests -- In the one-eyed giant's cave -- Bewitching queen of Aeaea -- Kingdom of the dead -- Cattle of the sun -- Ithaca at last -- Loyal swineherd -- Prince sets sail for home -- Father and son -- Stranger at the gates -- Beggar-king of Ithaca -- Penelope and her guest -- Portents gather -- Odysseus strings his bow -- Slaughter in the hall -- Great rooted bed -- Peace.