1. Telemachus
2. Nestor
3. Proteus
4. Calypso
5. Lotus Eaters
6. Hades
7. Aeolus
8. Lestrygonians
9. Scylla and Charybdis
10. Wandering Rocks
11. Sirens
12. Cyclops
13. Nausicaa
14. Oxen of the Sun

15. Circe
16. Eumaeus
17. Ithaca
18. Penelope
 
Aida Yared's Proteus images

James Joyce's Ulysses: A Dublin Tour
3. Proteus

His feet marched in sudden proud rhythm over the sand furrow, along by the boulders of the south wall. (42)

"Their dog ambled about a bank of dwindling sand, trotting, sniffing on all sides. Looking for something lost in a past life. Suddenly he made off like a bounding hare, ears flung back, chasing the shadow of a lowskimming gull" (46)

This portion of Sandymount strand (looking south) is land which has been reclaimed since 1904. Leahy's Terrace, from which the two old women descend (38), is just off to the right.
Scene: The Strand
Hour: 11 am
Organ: --
Art: Philology
Colour: Green
Symbol: Tide
Technic: Monologue (male)
Correspondences:
Proteus: Primal Matter
Menelaus: Kevin Egan
Megapenthes: The Cocklepicker
Their dog ambled about a bank of dwindling sand, trotting, sniffing on all sides. Looking for something lost in a past life. Suddenly he made off like a bounding hare, ears flung back, chasing the shadow of a lowskimming gull. (46)
   
Ulysses Home
1: Telemachus | 2: Nestor | 3: Proteus
4: Calypso | 5: Lotus Eaters | 6: Hades | 7: Aeolus | 8: Lestrygonians | 9: Scylla and Charybdis
10: Wandering Rocks | 11: Sirens | 12: Cyclops | 13: Nausicaa | 14: Oxen of the Sun | 15: Circe
16: Eumaeus | 17: Ithaca | 18: Penelope

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