Odyssey

Epic poem attributed to Homer A 15th-century manuscript of the Odyssey, book i, written by the scribe John Rhosos for the Tornabuoni family, Florence, Italy (British Museum) Greek text of the Odyssey's opening passage The Odyssey (;[1] Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia; Attic Greek: [o.dýs.sej.ja]) is one of two major Ancient Greek poems attributed to Homer. In antiquity, Homer’s authorship of the Odyssey, along with the Iliad, was not widely questioned, but contemporary scholarship predominately assumes the poems were composed independently, and the stories themselves formed part of a long oral tradition.[2] It is believed that the Odyssey was written down near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia,[3] and as such is one of the oldest extant works of literature often read by contemporary audiences.[4] A few noteworthy elements of the text are its non-linear plot, and the position of women and slaves as important narrative agents. Synopsis Structure

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librivox HOMER (c. 8th cen - c. 8th cen) and Samuel BUTLER (1835 - 1902) The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, and concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus in his long journey back to his native land Ithaca after the fall of Troy.