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Odyssey for Boys and Girls

A retelling of the adventures of Ulysses, including his adventures both the Cyclops and Circe, as he journeys home to his home of Ithaca. The story then continues to include his quest to rejoin his wife and family of whom he has been separated from for twenty years. This is Homer's Odyssey for the younger set. (Summary by Ginny Blankenship) (4 hr 1 min)

Chapters

The Cyclops

Of the Home of the Winds and of Circe

Of the Sirens and Other Wonders

Of What Happened in Ithaca

How Telemachus Went to Look for His Father

How Telemachus Saw Nestor

How Telemachus Came to Sparta

Menelaus's Story

How Ulysses Came to the Phaeacians

Nausicaa

Alcinous

Ulysses Among the Phaeacians

Ithaca

Eumaeus

Ulysses and His Son

Of the Dog Argus and Other Things

Of the Beggar Irus and Other Things

How Ulysses Was Made Known

The Trial of the Bow

The Slaying of the Suitors

At Last

Of Laertes

How There Was Peace Between Ulysses and his People