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9 Σεπ 2024 · The Odyssey is an epic poem in 24 books traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. The poem is the story of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, who wanders for 10 years (although the action of the poem covers only the final six weeks) trying to get home after the Trojan War.
The story begins with the conclusion of the Trojan War, a ten-year conflict sparked by the abduction of Helen of Troy. Odysseus played a pivotal role in the Greeks' victory, devising the ingenious strategy of the Trojan Horse, which allowed Greek soldiers to infiltrate and ultimately defeat the city of Troy.
The Odyssey begins after the end of the ten-year Trojan War (the subject of the Iliad), from which Odysseus (also known by the Latin variant Ulysses), king of Ithaca, has still not returned because he angered Poseidon, the god of the sea.
15 Μαρ 2017 · The Odyssey, written sometime in the 8th century BCE (although some scholars would place it in the 6th century BCE), is an epic poem of more than 12,000 lines organised by scholars in Alexandria into 24 books.
The story begins twenty years after Odysseus left to fight in the Trojan War, and ten years after he began his journey home to Ithaca.
14 Σεπ 2024 · Odysseus, in Greek legend, the wise and courageous king of Ithaca who is the hero of Homer’s Odyssey. Odysseus’s wanderings and the recovery of his house and kingdom are the central theme of the epic, which also relates how he accomplished the capture of Troy by means of the wooden horse.
The story begins ten years after the end of the Trojan War, the subject of the Iliad. All of the Greek heroes except Odysseus have returned home. Odysseus languishes on the remote island Ogygia with the goddess Calypso , who has fallen in love with him and refuses to let him leave.
