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TENNYSON
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TELEMACHUS, PENELOPE, AND THE SUITORS
THE ASSEMBLY; THE VOYAGE OF TELEMACHUS
THE VISIT TO NESTOR AT PYLOS
TELEMACHUS AT SPARTA
ODYSSEUS AND CALYPSO
ODYSSEUS AMONG THE PHAEACIANS
THE WANDERINGS OF ODYSSEUS
THE VISIT TO HADES
THE SIRENS; SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS; THRINACIA
ODYSSEUS LANDS IN ITHACA
ODYSSEUS AND EUMAEUS
THE RETURN OF TELEMACHUS
THE MEETING OF TELEMACHUS AND ODYSSEUS
THE HOME-COMING OF ODYSSEUS
THE BEGGAR IRUS
PENELOPE AND THE WOOERS
ODYSSEUS AND PENELOPE
THE END DRAWS NEAR; SIGNS AND WONDERS
THE BOW OF ODYSSEUS
THE SLAYING OF THE WOOERS
ODYSSEUS AND PENELOPE
CONCLUSION
PRONOUNCING LIST OF NAMES
ILLUSTRATIONS
READING FROM HOMER (L. Alma Tadema)
PENELOPE (The Vatican, Rome)
TELEMACHUS DEPARTING FROM NESTOR (Henry Howard)
ODYSSEUS AND NAUSICAAe (Charles Gleyre)
ODYSSEUS AND POLYPHEMUS (J. M. W. Turner)
CIRCE (Sir E. Burne-Jones)
THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS (L. F. Schuetzenberger)
ODYSSEUS AND EURYCLEIA (Christian G. Heyne)
INTRODUCTION
The impersonal character of the Homeric poems has left us entirely in
the dark as to the birthplace, the history, and the date, of their
author. So complete is the darkness which surrounds the name of Homer
that his very existence has been disputed, and his works have been
declared to be an ingenious compilation, drawn from the productions of
a multitude of singers.
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