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 39

   Odysseus leads a landing party ashore at dusk, eager despite his men's unease.

7. Scene 40

   Following a stray sheep through darkening woods, Odysseus's men are led to the mouth of a huge cave.

8. Scene 41

   Inside the cave, the men find a hoard of cheese and a giant's fire — Eurylochus urges leaving, but Odysseus insists on honoring the stranger's hospitality rights.

9. Scene 42

   This scene