Summary of the Second Part of the Odyssey: Reader Response
After the endless travels of the first part of the Odyssey that take the viewer from the Peloponnese where Telemachus searches for his father, to the island of Calypso and the land of the Phaeacians where Odysseus finds refuge and from there to the tale of his ten-year wanderings, the second part of the epic is situated mainly in one place: Ithaca. Starting in book 13, Odysseus finally reaches his beloved homeland after twenty years, ten of which he spent fighting in the Trojan War and another ten wandering around in his almost endless journey home. Arriving in Ithaca, ...
