Telemachus,son of Ulysses 1
Book Ⅰ Telemachus and Mentor,in search of Ulysses,arrive on the island of Calypso;the nymph is still bemoaning the departure of Ulysses 3
Book Ⅱ Telemachus'account of Sesostris'wise rule in Egypt 15
Book Ⅲ Telemachus'tale of the cruelties of Pygmalion and Astarbé at Tyre 29
Book Ⅳ Mentor reproves Telemachus for too easily falling under Calypso's spell;Telemachus continues his narrative 44
Book Ⅴ The story of Idomeneus,king of Crete,who kills his son and is banished.Mentor refuses the Cretan throne 58
Book Ⅵ Telemachus falls in love with the nymph Eucharis,but Mentor tears him away from Calypso's island;Venus and Cupid are furious 80
Book Ⅶ Telemachus and Mentor learn of the violent deaths of Pygmalion and Astarbé;Adoam describes the simplicty of the pastoral land of Bétique 97
Book Ⅷ Telemachus and Mentor are tricked by Venus into landing at Salente,the new city of the exiled Idomeneus.Salente prepares for war against the Mandurians 115
Book Ⅸ Idomeneus describes the founding of Salente,the cause of the war with the Mandurians,and his grief in finding Nestor(hero of the Trojan War)on the opposing side 129
Book Ⅹ Mentor acquaints himself with Salente and instructs Idomeneus in the art of governing;he stresses peace,agriculture,and disinterestedness,and the suppression of luxury 150
Book Ⅺ Idomeneus tells Mentor of his betrayal by the self-loving Protesilaus,and of the latter's efforts to ruin the virtuous and honest Philocles 173
Book Ⅻ Telemachus,in the camp of Idomeneus'allies,gains the good will of Philoctetes(who had been on bad terms with Ulysses);Philoctetes gives an account of the death of Hercules 198
Book ⅩⅢ Telemachus'quarrel with Hippias;the king of the Daunians attacks the forces of Idomeneus and the allies.Death and funeral rites of Hippias 213
Book ⅩⅣ Telemachus descends into the infernal regions in search of Ulysses;there,in the Elysian fields,he sees the after-life of just kings. 238
He meets the shade of his great-grandfather,who reveals that Ulysses still lives 238
Book ⅩⅤ Telemachus defeats the enemies of Idomeneus and his allies,and vanquishes the treacherous Adastrus(who had killed the son of Nestor) 263
Book ⅩⅥ Telemachus refuses to divide the lands of the vanquished Daunians,and lets them choose a good king from their own numbers 282
Book ⅩⅦ Telemachus returns to Salente to discover Mentor's austere reforms in place:the city no longer overwhelms the countryside.Telemachus falls in love with Antiope,the virtuous daughter of Idomeneus 294
Book ⅩⅧ Despite Idomeneus'pleas,Telemachus and Mentor leave Salente;Mentor gives his final advice about good government to Telemachus, 317
then reveals himself to be Minerva,goddess of wisdom.Telemachus returns to Ithaca,where he finds his recently returned father,Ulysses 317
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