A New Translation Of The Epic Poem Retells The Story Of Odysseus's Ten-year Voyage Home To Ithaca After The Trojan War. Homer's Epic In Which Greek Hero Odysseus Makes His Long And Treacherous Journey Home After The Trojan War, While His Son Telemachos And Wife Penelope Are Forced To Scheme To Protect His Throne Until His Return. Introduction: The Spelling And Pronunciation Of Homeric Names -- Maps: Homeric Geography : Mainland Greece ; Homeric Geography : The Peloponnese ; Homeric Geography : The Aegean And Asia Minor -- Inset: Troy And Vicinity -- Homer : Odyssey: Athena Inspires The Prince ; Telemachus Sets Sail ; King Nestor Remembers ; The King And Queen Of Sparta ; Odysseus : Nymph And Shipwreck ; The Princess And The Stranger ; Phaeacia's Halls And Gardens ; A Day For Songs And Contests ; In The One-eyed Giant's Cave ; The Bewitching Queen Of Aeaea ; The Kingdom Of The Dead ; The Cattle Of The Sun ; Ithaca At Last ; The Loyal Swineherd ; The Prince Sets Sail For Home ; Father And Son ; Stranger At The Gates ; The Beggar-king Of Ithaca ; Penelope And Her Guest ; Portents Gather ; Odysseus Strings His Bow ; Slaughter In The Hall ; The Great Rooted Bed ; Peace -- Notes: Translator's Postscript ; Genealogies ; Textual Variants Fromt He Oxford Classical Text ; Notes On The Translation -- Pronouncing Glossary. Homer ; Translated By Robert Fagles ; Introduction And Notes By Bernard Knox. Originally Published As Hbk.: New York : Viking, ©1996. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 517-520).