Homer's Odyssey

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Homer's Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer that recounts the long, perilous journey of the hero Odysseus as he attempts to return home from the Trojan War.

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instanceOf ancient Greek literature
epic poem
poem
author Homer
centralTheme fate and the gods
heroism
hospitality (xenia)
identity and disguise
loyalty
nostos (homecoming)
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
featuresCharacter Alcinous
Antinous
Athena
Calypso
Circe
Eumaeus
Eurycleia
Eurymachus
Nausicaa
Polyphemus
Zeus
the Sirens
the suitors of Penelope
genre epic
hasEpisode Calypso's island episode
Circe's island episode
Scylla and Charybdis episode
the Cyclops episode
the Sirens episode
the contest of the bow in Ithaca
influenced Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
James Joyce's Ulysses
Homer's Odyssey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nikos Kazantzakis's The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel

Virgil's Aeneid
Western epic tradition
language Ancient Greek
literaryForm oral-formulaic poetry
literaryPeriod Greek Antiquity
surface form: Archaic Greece
mainAntagonist Poseidon
mainCharacter Odysseus
Penelope
Telemachus
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient
narrativeTechnique in medias res
partOf Homer's Odyssey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Homeric epics
plotSummary Odysseus attempts to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War and faces numerous trials and adventures.
relatedWork Homer's Iliad
setting Ithaca, New York, United States
surface form: Ithaca

Troy (aftermath)
post–Trojan War Mediterranean
structure 24 books
timeOfComposition circa 8th century BCE
verseForm dactylic hexameter

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Atlas from Greek mythology mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Atlas
Zeus appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey partOf Homer's Odyssey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Homeric epics
Homer's Odyssey influenced Homer's Odyssey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nikos Kazantzakis's The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
Ionic Greek usedInWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homeric Odyssey
Calypso appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
Calypso literarySource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 5
Calypso literarySource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 7 (indirect references)
Calypso literarySource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 12 (retelling by Odysseus)
Hermes appearsInWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Atlas mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
Homer's Iliad followedBy Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Iliad
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Odysseus associatedWith Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Odysseus literaryWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Nausicaa appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Nausicaa sourceTextPart Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 6
Nausicaa sourceTextPart Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 7
Nausicaa sourceTextPart Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 8
Mahabharata longerThan Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Hades appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Homer notableWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Homer primarySettingOfWorks Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odysseus’s journey home (Odyssey)
Telemachus appearsInWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
James Joyce's Ulysses structureParallels Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Ulysses
James Joyce's Ulysses influencedBy Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Ulysses
the contest of the bow in Ithaca partOf Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: contest of the bow in Ithaca
this entity surface form: Odyssey
the contest of the bow in Ithaca occursInBook Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: contest of the bow in Ithaca
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 21
The Penelopiad basedOn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Leto appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Alcinous appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Heracles appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Demeter appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
Polyphemus appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Polyphemus appearsInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 9
Polyphemus sourceWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Eumaeus appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Eumaeus firstAppearance Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 14
Eurymachus appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Eurymachus textualSource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 2
Eurymachus textualSource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 16
Eurymachus textualSource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 18
Eurymachus textualSource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 22
Virgil's Aeneid influencedBy Homer's Odyssey
Cyclopes appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Antinous appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Antinous appearsInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 1
Antinous appearsInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 2
Antinous appearsInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 16
Antinous appearsInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 17
Antinous appearsInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 20