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Homer’s the Odyssey Reading Assignments

Please Note: If you do not have our text, you may need to read all of books IX, X, and XI. Prose translations of the poem are plentiful and may be easier to understand, but the beauty of the poetry is sacrificed.

The Odyssey—a verse translation

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Please read The Odyssey, pp. 185-188 (pp. 102-105), Introduction

· Book IX, pp. 385-397 (pp. 301-315) all lines

The Lotus Eaters and the Cyclops

· Book X, pp. 397-410 (pp. 315-323) all lines

Aeolis and Circe

· Book XI, pp. 410-423 (pp. 328-340), lines 1 through 570

We’ll meet a few characters from the Iliad again