Book 1 · Free to play
Invocation and the Council of the Gods
Ten years after Troy fell, Odysseus is still trapped on Calypso’s island. While the gods debate his fate, Athena travels to Ithaca to give his son Telemachus the courage to act.
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Book 2 · Complete edition
The Assembly at Ithaca
Telemachus calls Ithaca’s first assembly since his father left and denounces the suitors consuming his household. When the islanders refuse to help, Athena arranges a ship and crew for his search.
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Nestor Remembers Troy
At Pylos, Telemachus asks the old king Nestor for news of his father. Nestor recalls the Greeks’ troubled return from Troy and urges the young man to show the same resolve as Orestes.
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The Old Man of the Sea
Menelaus and Helen remember Odysseus at Troy. Menelaus reports that the shape-shifting sea god Proteus saw Odysseus alive but captive on an island, while the suitors prepare an ambush back in Ithaca.
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Calypso and the Raft
Calypso releases Odysseus after seven years, and he sets out alone on a handmade raft. Poseidon shatters it in a storm, leaving him to swim for two days before reaching an unknown shore.
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Nausicaa on the Shore
Shipwrecked Odysseus wakes on the Phaeacian shore when Princess Nausicaa and her companions arrive. She alone stands her ground, then gives the stranger clothes, food, and directions to the city.
Book 7 · Complete edition
The Palace of Alcinous
Hidden by Athena’s mist, Odysseus enters the palace of King Alcinous and appeals to Queen Arete for passage home. The Phaeacians welcome him as a guest and promise him a ship.
Book 8 · Complete edition
Games and Songs in Phaeacia
The Phaeacians honour their unnamed guest with games, songs, and gifts. Odysseus weeps whenever the bard sings of Troy, and King Alcinous finally asks him to reveal who he is.
Book 9 · Free to play
The Cave of the Cyclops
Odysseus names himself and recounts his escape from the Cyclops Polyphemus. His “Nobody” trick saves the crew, but his proud final boast earns the lasting anger of Poseidon.
Book 10 · Complete edition
Circe of Aeaea
A bag of winds is opened just as Ithaca comes into sight, and giants later destroy all but one ship. On Circe’s island, Odysseus rescues his transformed crew and learns that he must journey to the dead.
Book 11 · Complete edition
The Land of the Dead
At the edge of the world, Odysseus summons the dead for guidance. Tiresias warns him about the cattle of the Sun, and encounters with his mother and fallen heroes send him back to his ship in fear.
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The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis
Odysseus survives the Sirens and sails between Scylla and Charybdis, but his starving crew kill the Sun god’s sacred cattle. Zeus destroys their ship, and Odysseus alone drifts back to Calypso.
Book 13 · Complete edition
The Long Sleep Home
The Phaeacians carry the sleeping Odysseus home to Ithaca. Athena meets him there, hides him in the shape of an old beggar, and helps him prepare to reclaim his household.
Book 14 · Complete edition
The Swineherd's Hut
Disguised as a beggar, Odysseus finds shelter with his loyal swineherd Eumaeus. He tests the servant’s character and passes the night telling an elaborate false story about Crete.
Book 15 · Complete edition
Telemachus Sails Home
Athena warns Telemachus to leave Sparta and avoid the suitors’ ambush on his way home. Meanwhile, Eumaeus tells the disguised Odysseus how he came to serve the royal household.
Book 16 · Complete edition
Father and Son
Telemachus reaches Eumaeus’s hut, where Athena briefly removes Odysseus’s disguise. Father and son recognize each other after twenty years and begin planning the suitors’ defeat.
Book 17 · Complete edition
The Old Dog Argos
Odysseus enters Ithaca as a beggar beside Eumaeus. Only his old dog Argos recognizes him, and Odysseus must hide his grief and anger while the suitors abuse him in his own hall.
Book 18 · Complete edition
The Fight with Irus
The palace beggar Irus challenges Odysseus and falls to a single blow. Penelope draws gifts from the suitors while her disguised husband quietly endures another night of insults.
Book 19 · Complete edition
The Nurse Knows the Scar
Odysseus speaks with Penelope but keeps his identity hidden behind a Cretan story. His old nurse recognizes the scar on his leg, and Penelope announces a contest with her husband’s great bow.
Book 20 · Complete edition
The Last Night in the Hall
On the final night before revenge, Odysseus struggles to master his anger while Penelope prays upstairs. Omens gather, yet the suitors continue their mockery as the last day begins.
Book 21 · Complete edition
The Contest of the Great Bow
Penelope declares that she will marry whoever can string Odysseus’s bow and shoot through twelve axe heads. After every suitor fails, the disguised king takes the bow in his hands.
Book 22 · Complete edition
The Fight in the Hall
Odysseus casts off his rags and reveals himself. With Telemachus, two loyal servants, and Athena beside him, he brings the suitors’ long abuse of his household to an end.
Book 23 · Complete edition
The Secret of the Olive Bed
Penelope tests the stranger with a secret known only to her husband: their bed is built around a living olive tree. Odysseus’s answer proves his identity, and the couple reunite after twenty years.
Book 24 · Complete edition
Peace at Last
Odysseus reunites with his father Laertes as the suitors’ relatives gather for revenge. Athena stops the final clash and restores peace to Ithaca.