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 "title": "The Odyssey — a Claudyssey",
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 "site": "https://theclaudyssey.com",
 "repository": "https://github.com/spinchange/claudyssey",
 "license": "English translation (the 'en' fields and the verse in book-NN.txt): CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication). Notes and index: CC BY 4.0, (c) 2026 Chris Duffy. Greek: Murray 1919 (public domain), Perseus digitization CC BY-SA 4.0.",
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   "argument": "Pylos: Nestor's tales of the returns; Telemachus rides for Sparta.",
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   "argument": "Sparta: Helen and Menelaus remember Troy; Proteus; the suitors set their ambush.",
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   "argument": "Calypso's island: the raft, Poseidon's storm, the landing on Scheria.",
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   "argument": "Nausicaa at the river; the naked stranger; the road to the city.",
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   "argument": "The games; the song of Ares and Aphrodite; the wooden horse, and the weeping guest.",
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   "argument": "\"I am Odysseus\": the Cicones, the Lotus-eaters, and the Cyclops.",
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   "argument": "The dead: Tiresias' prophecy, Anticleia, the heroines, Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax.",
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   "argument": "The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis; the cattle of the Sun.",
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   "argument": "The sending home; the ship turned to stone; Athena and Odysseus on Ithaca.",
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   "argument": "The hut of Eumaeus: the slave's welcome, the second Cretan tale, the cloak story.",
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   "argument": "The interview by the fire; the scar; the contest announced.",
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   "argument": "The bow: pedigree, contest, recruitment, and the stringing.",
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