High noon -- Family plots -- Athena -- Troy -- May the dogs be with you -- Dragon bones -- Oblivion -- On time -- White buffalo -- Deluge -- Currents -- Silent siren -- Nebagamon -- Rejoice! We conquer! -- Sparta's warriors -- Mementos -- The allegory of the cave -- Pandora -- Omphalos -- New Castle -- Apollo and Cassandra -- Hell and back -- Labryinth -- Ithaca.
Summary
A modern-day Odysseus, Herzog plunges into a solo cross-country search for insight. With middle age bearing down on him, he takes stock: How has he measured up to his own youthful aspirations? In contemporary America, what is a life well lived? What is a heroic life?
