Book One

Invocation of Muse, Poseidon has stranded Odysseus with Calypso, the gods meet in Poseidon's absence, the case of foolish Aegisthus is mentioned, Athena successfully pleads Odysseus' case to Zeus, Athena suggests dispatching Hermes to Calypso and herself to Ithaca, Athena visits Telemachus in Ithaca, advises him to confront the suitors and then go to Nestor for news, Penelope asks the singer to sing a different song but Telemachus contradicts her; Telemachus confronts the suitors; Eurycleia tucks him in.