2: Samuel Butler's Odyssey, revised and annotated

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2.1: Book I
THE GODS IN COUNCIL—ATHENA’S VISIT TO ITHACA—THE CHALLENGE FROM TELEMACHUS TO THE SUITORS.
2.2: Book II
ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE OF ITHACA—SPEECHES OF TELEMACHUS AND OF THE SUITORS—TELEMACHUS MAKES HIS PREPARATIONS AND STARTS FOR PYLOS WITH ATHENA DISGUISED AS MENTOR.
2.3: Book III
TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS.
2.4: Book IV
THE VISIT TO KING MENELAUS, WHO TELLS HIS STORY—MEANWHILE THE SUITORS IN ITHACA PLOT AGAINST TELEMACHUS.
2.5: Book V
CALYPSO—ODYSSEUS REACHES SCHERIA ON A RAFT.
2.6: Book VI
THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ODYSSEUS.
2.7: Book VII
RECEPTION OF ODYSSEUS AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.
2.8: Book VIII
BANQUET IN THE HOUSE OF ALCINOUS—THE GAMES.
2.9: Book IX
ODYSSEUS DECLARES HIMSELF AND BEGINS HIS STORY—-THE CICONS, LOTOPHAGI, AND CYCLOPES.
2.10: Book X
AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.
2.11: Book XI
THE VISIT TO THE DEAD
2.12: Book XII
THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.
2.13: Book XIII
ODYSSEUS LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.
2.14: Book XIV
ODYSSEUS IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.
2.15: Book XV
ATHENA SUMMONS TELEMACHUS FROM LACEDAEMON—HE MEETS WITH THEOCLYMENUS AT PYLOS AND BRINGS HIM TO ITHACA—ON LANDING HE GOES TO THE HUT OF EUMAEUS.
2.16: Book XVI
ODYSSEUS REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS.
2.17: Book XVII
TELEMACHUS AND HIS MOTHER MEET—EUMAEUS AND ODYSSEUS COME DOWN TO THE TOWN, AND ODYSSEUS IS INSULTED BY MELANTHIUS—HE IS RECOGNIZED BY THE DOG ARGOS—HE IS INSULTED AND PRESENTLY STRUCK BY ANTINOUS WITH A STOOL—PENELOPE DESIRES THAT HE SHALL BE SENT TO HER.
2.18: Book XVIII
THE FIGHT WITH IRUS—ODYSSEUS WARNS AMPHINOMUS—PENELOPE GETS PRESENTS FROM THE SUITORS—THE BRAZIERS—ODYSSEUS REBUKES EURYMACHUS.
2.19: Book XIX
TELEMACHUS AND ODYSSEUS REMOVE THE ARMOR—ODYSSEUS INTERVIEWS PENELOPE—EURYCLEA WASHES HIS FEET AND RECOGNIZES THE SCAR ON HIS LEG—PENELOPE TELLS HER DREAM TO ODYSSEUS.
2.20: Book XX
ODYSSEUS CANNOT SLEEP—PENELOPE’S PRAYER TO ARTEMIS—THE TWO SIGNS FROM HEAVEN—EUMAEUS AND PHILOETIUS ARRIVE—THE SUITORS DINE—CTESIPPUS THROWS AN OX’S FOOT AT ODYSSEUS—THEOCLYMENUS FORETELLS DISASTER AND LEAVES THE HOUSE.
2.21: Book XXI
THE TRIAL OF THE AXES, DURING WHICH ODYSSEUS REVEALS HIMSELF TO EUMAEUS AND PHILOETIUS
2.22: Book XXII
THE KILLING OF THE SUITORS—THE MAIDS WHO HAVE MISCONDUCTED THEMSELVES ARE MADE TO CLEANSE THE HALL AND ARE THEN HANGED.
2.23: Book XXIII
PENELOPE EVENTUALLY RECOGNISES HER HUSBAND—EARLY IN THE MORNING ODYSSEUS, TELEMACHUS, EUMAEUS, AND PHILOETIUS LEAVE THE TOWN.
2.24: Book XXIV
THE SPIRITS OF THE SUITORS IN HADES—ODYSSEUS AND HIS MEN GO TO THE HOUSE OF LAERTES—THE PEOPLE OF ITHACA COME OUT TO ATTACK ODYSSEUS, BUT ATHENA CONCLUDES A PEACE.