STORY   0:00 – 1:18:30 Odysseus – his identity still a secret – spends a very full day as the guest of the King Alcinous and Queen Arete.  Most of the day is spent in Odysseus doing his best to NOT reveal his identity.  But songs sung by the bard Demodocus, and an ugly incident on...

STORY  0:00 – 1:33:40 Odysseus – after twenty years away – wakes up on the shores of his own dear Ithaka.  Athena provides her boy with an intelligence briefing, a reconnoiter strategy, and, of course, a disguise.  And then Odysseus launches into the most dangerous part of his homecoming journey yet:  figuring a way to...

STORY  0:00 – 1:36:40 Our story opens with possible “recognition”.  Penelope and a homeless beggar (Odysseus) have a long conversation, and take turns decoding a dream.  Does Penelope know that the beggar is Odysseus?  The next day Penelope announces that her husband is dead, and now is the day to choose a new husband.  Penelope...

STORY  0:00 – 1:03:05 And finally, Penelope and Odysseus (no longer in disguise) meet.  Penelope sets one final test, Odysseus passes it, and certain recognition ensues.   Following that, Homer attempts to tie up a few lose ends in his plot – and leaves even more dangling – and The Odyssey comes to a close. POST-STORY...