Part 2 revisits the journeys of Penelope and Telemachus, highlighting passages that reveal a distinctly feminine point of view. Butler suggests the writer was a young, unmarried woman. He then turns to geographical analysis, arguing that Ithaca and Scheria were modeled on the Trapani region of Sicily. According to his reading, Ulysses’ voyages amount to a circumnavigation of Sicily, supported by detailed correspondences between the poem and local landmarks. This part strengthens the authorship thesis by combining literary and geographical evidence.
