Odyssey

Odyssey

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. The poem was probably written near the end of the eighth century BC, somewhere along the Greek-controlled western present day Turkey seaside, Ionia. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home to Ithaca following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. During this absence, his son Telemachus and wife Penelope must deal with a group of unruly suitors, called Proci, to compete for...
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Author:Homer, Nextext
Number of editions:52

Author of Odyssey

Homer
Homer
Birthplace:Greece

Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was an historical individual, but most scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down...
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Additional works by Homer
BookGenre
Iliad Poetry
Nausikaa
Nuova traduzione metrica di Iliade, XIV
Homeri quae extant omnia
Odysseae Homeri libri XXIIII
Homeri poetae clarissimi Odyssea
Ilias. Odyssee
Homer, for beginners
Ilíons-kvæði
story of Achilles
Chapman's Homer
Hymni et Epigrammata
Iliad for speaking
Odysseōs schedia
rage of Achilles from the Iliad
Homeri Carmina ad optimorum librorum fidem expressa
[Homerou poiesis
Odyssée d'Homère
schild van Achilles
Scholia graeca in Homeri Odysseam
Four books of the Iliad
Iliad Trs By E V Rieu
Ílias
Homer, prince of poets
hymns of Homer
Poėmy
due primi canti dell'Iliade e li due primi dell'Eneide
Hymni Homerici, accedentibus Epigrammatis et Batrachomyomachia Homero vulgo attributis
Keras Amaltheias e o keanos to n exegeseo n Ome riko n = Copiae cornu sive oceanus ennarrationum Homericarum
Poiēseis Homērou amphō
Selections from Homer's Iliad
Achilleus
Iliados
Oeuvres completes d'Homere
Iliakan
clef d'Homère ..
Hermes, Lord of Robbers
Odysseys of Homer
return of Odysseus
Ūdhissah
Homer. Odyssey, books XIII-XXIV
Homer's Batrachomyomachia, hymns and epigrams
Ulysses' tale of wanderings
Eight books of Homers Odyssey with introduction, commentary, and vocabulary
Esperimento di traduzione della Iliade di Omero di Ugo Foscolo
Iliʼadah
Ilias Ambrosiana
seventh book of Homer's Odyssey
Homerou Odysseia
Opera
illustrated Odyssey
Odysseus and Calypso
similes of Homer's Iliad
Versions de l'obra completa d'Horaci i de quinze rapsòdies de la Iliada d'Homer
works of Homer ..
Thirty two passages from the Odyssey in English rhymed verse
Homer
Homeri opera
Odyssée
Lirici greci dall'Odissea, dall'Iliade
... Pope's The Iliad of Homer, book I, VI, XXII, and XXIV
premier livre de l'Iliade en vers françois
Obras completas
Odisea
essential Odyssey
Homeric catalogue of ships
Homeric hymns
Ilias per Laurentium Vallam in Latinum traducta
Odyssee. Für den Schulgebrauch erklärt von Karl Friedr. Ameis und Carl Hentze
Stories from Iliad and Odyssey
Twenty-Second Book of the Iliad with critical notes by Alex. Pallis
Odissea, libro XXIV
voyage of Odysseus
Odyssée, chants 1,5-7,9-12,14,21-23
toils and travels of Odysseus
battle of the frogs and mice =
Dall'Odissea
Iliad:faithfully translated into unrhymed English metre
Ilias Atheniensium
Phæacian episode of the Odyssey as comprised in the sixth, seventh, eighth, eleventh and thirteenth books
Wybor z Odysei Homera
story of Odysseus
first book of the Iliad of Homer, verbally rendered into English verse
Ome rou Ilias =
Ewen MacLachlan's Gaelic verse
Hōmar iliyatham
Ūdhīsah
anger of Achilles
Pope's Homer's Iliad
song of Demeter and her daughter Persephone
complete works of Homer
İlyada
A bedside odyssey
Sigma rhapsody of the Iliad
[Omerou Odysseia]
Homeric ballads and comedies of Lucian
Himnos
wahre, grosse und unvergängliche Homer
[Homērou hapanta], h.e., Homeri opera omnia
Íliad Hóiméar, leabhair I-VIII
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Characters in Odyssey

Odysseus
Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's...
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Aegisthus
Aegisthus

In Greek mythology, Aegisthus was the son of Thyestes and of his daughter, Pelopia. Thyestes felt he had been deprived of the Mycenean throne...
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