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 90

   Inside, the men are drawn in by cooking food before a terrified woman flees out the back at the sight of them.

7. Scene 91

   Odysseus spots a buck and can't resist testing his bowstring, giving chase after startling it.

8. Scene 92

   Eurylochus calms the fleeing woman, Circe, who admits she has plenty of food to offer.

9. Scene 93

   This scene