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The Odyssey of Homer in English

The Odyssey of Homer in English

By: Raja Babu
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 The Odyssey as we have it is an epic of over twelve thousand lines. It has been divided, like the Iliad and probably at the same time, into twenty-four books. Book number and line number are the standard terms of reference.Raja Babu
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  • BOOK 24

    BOOK 24
    Aug 15 2025

    BOOK XXIV

    Hermes of Kyllene summoned the souls of the suitors to come forth, and in

    his hands he was holding the beautiful golden staff, with which he mazes

    the eyes of those mortals whose eyes he would maze, or wakes again the

    sleepers. Herding 5 them on with this, he led them along, and they

    followed, gibbering.
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    22 mins
  • BOOK 23

    BOOK 23
    Aug 15 2025

    BOOK XXIII

    The old woman, laughing loudly, went to the upper chamber

    to tell her mistress that her beloved husband was inside

    the house. Her knees moved swiftly, but her feet were tottering.

    She stood above Penelope's head and spoke a word to her:

    5 ‘Wake, Penelope, dear child, so that, with your own eyes, you can see what

    all your days you have been longing for.
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    14 mins
  • BOOK 22

    BOOK 22
    Aug 15 2025

    BOOK XXII

    Now resourceful Odysseus stripped his rags from him, and sprang up atop

    the great threshold, holding his bow and the quiver

    filled with arrows, and scattered out the swift shafts before him on the

    ground next his feet, and spoke his word to the suitors: 5 ‘Here is a task

    that has been achieved, without any deception.
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    21 mins
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