Homer’s Odyssey: The Hero’s Welcome

  1. The Dangers of Eating: Book IX
    1. Kikones
    2. Lotos-Eaters
    3. The Cyclops and the Man of Many Turns
  1. More Tales of Disaster
    1. The King of the Winds and the Laistrygonians
    2. Kirke’s Island and Hermes’ Warning
  1. The Journey to the Underworld
    1. Shades and Death
    2. Heroes, Relatives, Friends, and Myths
    3. Death and Literary Knowledge
  1. The Song of the Sirens
    1. The Danger in Song
    2. Tales of Heroism
    3. Longing and Duty
  1. More Dangers at Sea
    1. Skylla and Charybdis
    2. The Oxen of the Sun
    3. The Destruction of the Ships
  1. Father and Son Reunited
    1. O My Swineherd!
    2. Athena on Ithaka
    3. Plans and Plots
  1. Odysseus’ Scar
    1. Recognition and Narrative
    2. The Scars of Experience
    3. Auerbach’s Essay
  1. The Harp and the Bow
    1. The Hero as Singer
    2. Hitting the Mark
    3. Slaughter in the House
  1. Penelope’s Test
    1. Roots and Recognition
    2. History and Belonging
    3. A Woman in Charge
  1. Appeasing the Gods and Making Peace
    1. The Oar and the Fan
    2. The Shades of the Suitors
    3. Athena Intervenes
  1. More on Essays
    1. What’s a thesis?
    2. What’s MLA style?
    3. Why do I need an outline?
    4. What’s the point?