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.

4. Scene 31

   Odysseus's captivity with Calypso opens the parallel strand — a man who has forgotten his own family, slowly remembering his way home.

5. Just before
6. Scene 32

   Flashback: a younger Odysseus buries the war dead at Troy, kisses Agamemnon farewell, and tells his exhausted men it's finally time to sail home.

7. Scene 33

   The fleet sails for home under favorable winds, splitting off from Agamemnon's route to forage along the way.

8. Scene 34

   Odysseus sends a landing party ashore for supplies as the crew, low on food, spots a lush unclaimed coast.

9. Scene 35

   This scene