Odyssey for Boys and Girls

by Alfred John Church

Action & Adventure Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

23 chapters4h 1mEnglish1906

About this book

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)

Chapters (23)

1The Cyclops

919

2Of the Home of the Winds and of Circe

802

3Of the Sirens and Other Wonders

913

4Of What Happened in Ithaca

828

5How Telemachus Went to Look for His Father

711

6How Telemachus Saw Nestor

703

7How Telemachus Came to Sparta

457

8Menelaus's Story

515

9How Ulysses Came to the Phaeacians

801

10Nausicaa

623

11Alcinous

368

12Ulysses Among the Phaeacians

666

13Ithaca

509

14Eumaeus

773

15Ulysses and His Son

451

16Of the Dog Argus and Other Things

531

17Of the Beggar Irus and Other Things

761

18How Ulysses Was Made Known

788

19The Trial of the Bow

760

20The Slaying of the Suitors

309

21At Last

342

22Of Laertes

555

23How There Was Peace Between Ulysses and his People

388

Odyssey for Boys and Girls

About this book

Chapters (23)

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