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A-Z: General definitions: The Odyssey
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An epic poem written by Homer as a sequel to The Iliad follows the ten-year journey home of Odysseus after the fall of Troy. Meanwhile his wife Penelope wards off unruly suitors for her hand in marriage.
A major poem or fiction depicting events of significance in the history of a civilisation.
(9th or 8th century BCE). Greek poet to whom the highly-influential, epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, were attributed.
An epic poem written by Homer, set during the siege of Troy.
King of Ithaca, an island in the Ionian Sea, and famous for his cunning; the story of his ten year journey home after the Trojan War is the subject of Homer's Odyssey. (Roman name Ulysses.)
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