title: The Odyssey: The Story of Odysseus
author: Homer
description: The Odyssey was written by Homer. This is the world's greatest adventure story. Translated by W.H.D. Rouse. This book is no longer in print.
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  # The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Padriac Colum
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
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  PART I. HOW TELEMACHUS THE SON OF ODYSSEUS WAS MOVED
  
  
  TO GO ON A VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF HIS FATHER AND HOW HE HEARD FROM
  
  
  MENELAUS AND HELEN THE TALE OF TROY
  
  
    
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  VIII
  
  
    
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  XXIII
  
  
  PART II. HOW ODYSSEUS LEFT CALYPSO'S ISLAND AND CAME
  
  
  TO THE LAND OF THE PHAEACIANS; HOW HE TOLD HE FARED WITH THE CYCLOPES
  
  
  AND WENT PAST THE TERRIBLE SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS AND CAME TO THE ISLAND
  
  
  OF THRINACIA WHERE HIS MEN SLAUGHTERED THE CATTLE OF THE SUN; HOW HE
  
  
  WAS GIVEN A SHIP BY THE PHAEACIANS AND CAME TO HIS OWN LAND; HOW HE
  
  
  OVERTHREW THE WOOERS WHO WASTED HIS SUBSTANCE AND CAME TO REIGN AGAIN
  
  
  AS KING OF ITHAKA
  
  
    
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