The Odyssey
Chapter One
Book I
To the Muse.
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The anger of Poseidon.
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In Poseidon's absence,
a gathering of the gods in Zeus' halls on Olympus.
Athena's plea for help for the stranded Odysseus;
Zeus' consent.
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Athena in the guise of Méntës visits Ithaca.
Her advice to Telémachus:
he is to confront the Ithacan elders
with the problem of the suitors
and to leave Ithaca to search
for news of his father.
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Penelope's appearance among the suitors.
Her silencing of Phémius the singer.
Telémachus and the suitors:
their sharp exchange.
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Nightfall:
Telémachus and his old nurse, Eurycle*¯¯a.
Muse, tell me of the man of many wiles,*
the man who wandered many paths of exile*
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