Twenty years after leaving for the Trojan War, Odysseus fights his way home across a hostile sea only to find his kingdom overrun — and must return in disguise to reclaim his wife, his son, and his throne from the suitors laying siege to his house.

1. Scenes 1–9

   Ithaca frozen in a decade of waiting: Penelope weaving, the suitors feasting, Telemachus unheard.

2. Scenes 9–27

   Telemachus needs proof of his father's fate; Penelope needs the throne secured before the suitors force her hand.

3. Scenes 28–29

   Telemachus sails from Ithaca in secret, crossing into the unfamiliar world beyond his mother's house.

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5. Scene 29

   As the ship departs Ithaca, Telemachus tells Mentor he's sailing to find his father, certain he's still alive.

6. Scene 30

   On a beach, an aged, amnesiac Odysseus struggles to piece together fragmented dream-images of drowning men and a falling statue of Athena, watched by Athena herself in disguise.

7. Scene 31

   In Calypso's cave, Odysseus and Calypso debate whether remembering his past would destroy the peace they've built together.

8. Scene 32

   This scene