The authoress of the Odyssey
Subtitle: where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad, and how the poem grew under her hands
By: by Samuel Butler, author of "Erewhon," "Life and habit," "Alps and sanctuaries," "The life and letters of Dr. Samuel Butler," etc
Contributors: Longmans, Green, and Co; Metcalfe & Co. (Cambridge, England)
Publisher: Longmans, Green
Published: 1897
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Greek Epic poetry; Literature; Women and literature; Odyssey (Homer); Authorship; In literature
Notes: Includes index.

Frontispiece portrait captioned "Nausicaa. (See Preface)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Importance of the enquiry; title: The story of the Odyssey; title: The preponderance of woman in the Odyssey; title: Jealousy for the honour and dignity of woman; title: On the question of whether or no Penelope is being whitewashed; title: Further considerations regarding the character of Penelope; title: Further indications that the writer is a woman; title: That Ithaca and Scheria are both of them drawn from Trapani and its immediate neighbourhood; title: The Ionian and the Aegadean Islands; title: Further details regarding the voyages of Ulysses; title: Who was the writer?; title: The date of the poem; title: Further evidence in support of an early Ionian settlement at or close to Trapani; title: That the Iliad which the writer of the Odyssey knew was the same as what we now have; title: The Odyssey in its relation to the other poems of the Trojan cycle and its development in the hands of the authoress; title: Conclusion.