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CHAPTER I THE CYCLOPS A GREAT many years ago there was a very falnous siege of a city called Troy. The eldest son of the king who reigned in this city carried off the vife of one of the Greek kings, and vith her a great quantity of gold and silver. She ,vas the most beautiful vornan in the vorld, and all the princes of Greece had cOlne to her father's court wishing to nlarry her. Her father had made them all svear, that if anyone should steal her avay from the man vhom she should choose for her husband, they vould help him to get her back. This pron1ise they had nov to keep. So they all vent to besiege Troy, each taking a nun1ber of his subjects vith him. On the other hand, the Trojans vereTable of Contents CONTENTS; CRAP PACK; I THE CYCLOPS I 5; II OF THE HOME OF THE WINDS AND OF CIRCE 33; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; XVI; OF THE SIRENS AND OTHER WONDERS; Of WHAT HAPPENED IN ITHACA; How TELEMACHl1S WENT TO LOOK; FATHER; How TELEMACHUS SAW NESTOR; How TELEMACHUS CAME TO SPARTA •; MENELAUS'S STORY •; How ULYSSES CAME TO THE PHAEACIANS; NAUSICAA; ALCINOUS; ULYSSES AMONG THE PHAEACIA""S; ITHACA; EVMAEVS; ULYSSES AND HIS SON; OF THE DOG ARGUS AND OTHER THlNGS; FOR HIS; 85; 97; III; 121; 205; 21 CHAP FAGE; XVII OF THE BECCAR IRUS AND OTHER THINGS 225; XVIII How ULYSSES WAS MADE KNOWN 239; XIX THE TRIAL OF TfofE Bow 255; XX THE SLAYING OF THE SUITORS 27 1; XXI AT LAST 28l; XXII OF LAERTES 29'; XXIII How THERE WAS PEACE BETWEEN ULYSSES AND; HIS PEOPLE 303About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original form

Alfred John Church (1829-1912) was an English classical scholar. He was born in London and was educated at King’s College London, and Lincoln College, Oxford, he took holy orders and was an assistant-master at Merchant Taylors’ School for many years. From 1880 until 1888 he was professor of Latin at University College, London. While at University College in partnership with William Jackson Brodribb, he translated Tacitus and edited Pliny’s Letters (Epistulae). Church also wrote a number of stories in English re-telling of classical tales and legends for young people (Stories from Virgil, Stories from Homer, etc. ). He also wrote much Latin and English verse, and in 1908 published his Memories of Men and Books. Other works include: Stories of the Magicians (1887), The Count of the Saxon Shore; or, The Villa in Vectis (with Ruth Putnam) (1888), Heroes of Chivalry and Romance (1898), Stories of Charlemagne (1902), The Crown of Pine (1906) and With the King at Oxford (1909).

The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though life. The poem centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. The Odyssey is Homers' sequel to the Iliad.

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