Part I: Themes and composition in the Odyssey -- I. The homecomings of the Achaeans -- Their function in the poem -- Their narrative structure -- II. The wanderings of Odysseus -- Calypso and Phaeacia -- A hypothesis about their origin in Shamanism -- III. Guest-friendship -- IV. Testing -- V. Omens -- Part II: The people in the Odyssey -- VI. Theoclymenus -- VII. The suitors -- VIII. Telemachus -- IX. Odysseus -- X. Penelope -- Weaving -- Her decision to arrange the bow contest -- Her position and powers -- XI. Laertes -- Conclusion: The structure of the Odyssey
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Originally published, Dunedin: University of Otago P., 1970
