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Odyssey (ŏd`ĭsē): see Homer Homer, principal figure of ancient Greek literature; the first European poet.
Works, Life, and LegendsTwo epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. ..... Click the link for more information. . Odyssey Homer’s long, narrative poem centered on Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] See : Epic Odyssey concerning Odysseus’s difficulties in getting home after war. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] See : Homecoming How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When I saw men thus employed I could hardly doubt that the writer of the " Odyssey " had seen others like them, and had them in her mind when describing the binding of Ulysses. His Margites bears the same relation to Comedy that the Iliad and Odyssey do to Tragedy. The truth must have been that, all unversed in the arts of the wily Greek, the deceiver of gods, the lover of strange women, the evoker of bloodthirsty shades, I yet longed for the beginning of my own obscure Odyssey, which, as was proper for a modern, should unroll its wonders and terrors beyond the Pillars of Hercules. |
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