FXN5FJBK Collection – Homeric Odyssey (Books 13‑20) and 19th‑Century Homeopathic Journal Issue

Overview

The FXN5FJBK Collection is a mixed‑genre digital assemblage that brings together two distinct bodies of material: (1) the full English‑language transcriptions of Homer’s Odyssey from Book XIII through Book XX, and (2) a digitized image of No. 6 of the Correspondenzblatt der homöopathischen Aerzte (19 March 1836). Accompanying the primary texts are a JSON file of extracted entity relationships, a PINAX catalog record, and a brief re‑organization description that documents the internal grouping of the items.

Background

The Odyssey is an 8th‑century BCE epic poem attributed to the Greek poet Homer; its public‑domain status permits unrestricted scholarly reuse. The selected books narrate Odysseus’ final return to Ithaca, his secret reunion with Telemachus, and the preparation for the suitors’ defeat.

The Correspondenzblatt was the official organ of the N. A. Akademie der homöopathischen Heilkunst in Allentau, Germany. Published in German during the early 19th century, the journal disseminated case reports and therapeutic observations among homeopathic physicians across Europe and the United States. Issue 6 (dated 19 March 1836) contains two detailed patient case studies focusing on headache and ocular pain, illustrating contemporary homeopathic remedies such as Spigelia and Nux vomica.

Contents

• Books 13‑20 of the Odyssey (plain‑text files book13.txt – book20.txt) with modern English transcription.
• relationships.json – a structured index mapping 48 character, deity, and object identifiers referenced in the Odyssey segment.
• pinax.json – bibliographic metadata for the entire collection, listing creators (Homer; unknown medical author), subjects, and place identifiers (Ithaca, Ancient Greece).
• scan_homecoming1.jpg – high‑resolution JPEG of the March 1836 journal page.
• reorganization-description.txt – summary of the internal grouping into “OdysseyBookTexts” and “MedicalCaseReports.”

Scope

The literary component covers the concluding eight books of the Odyssey, spanning the mythic locales of Ithaca, Pylos, Sparta, Thesprotia, and Scheria, and addresses themes of homecoming, disguise, and divine intervention. The medical component is limited to a single 19th‑century German‑language journal issue, documenting case reports from Allentau (Lecha River) with a reference to Ohio, USA. Together, the collection serves researchers in classical studies, digital humanities, and the history of medicine, offering both narrative text and primary medical documentation for comparative analysis.