Commentary on the Odyssey (1886)


Commentary on the Odyssey (1886)
By W. Walter Merry
Oxford Clarendon Press 1886-1901



Perseus Documents Collection Table of Contents



Book 1 (α)

Book 2 (β)

Book 3 (γ)

Book 4 (δ)

Book 5 (ε)

Book 6 (ζ)

Book 7 (η)

Book 8 (θ)

Book 9 (ι)

Book 10 (κ)

Book 11 (λ)

Book 12 (μ)

Book 13 (ν)

Book 14 (ξ)

Book 15 (ο)

Book 16 (π)

Book 17 (ρ)

Book 18 (ς)

Book 19 (τ)

Book 20 (υ)

Book 21 (φ)

Book 22 (χ)

Book 23 (ψ)

Book 24 (ω)


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Book 17

Book 17 (ρ)


Commentary on line 1

Here the 39th day of the action begins. The story of the day extends to 20. 90.

The three main threads of the narrativethe fortunes of Ulysses himself, of Penelope, and of Telemachusare now drawn together, and the climax of the poem is speedily reached.