Homer's Odyssey

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ancient Greek literature epic poem poem

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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Observed surface forms (30)

Surface form Occurrences
Odyssey 26
The Odyssey 7
Homer’s Odyssey 6

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (93)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alcinous → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Antinous → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Autolycus → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Calypso → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Charybdis → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Circe → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Cyclopes → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Demeter → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Eumaeus → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Eurycleia → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Eurymachus → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Hades → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Helen of Troy → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Heracles → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Leto → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Nausicaa → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Ogygia → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Penelope → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Polyphemus → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
the Sirens → appearsIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
subject surface form: Sirens
this entity surface form: Odyssey, Book 12
Zeus → appearsIn → Homer's 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
Antinous → appearsInBook → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 21
Antinous → appearsInBook → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 22
Polyphemus → appearsInBook → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 9
Atreid dynasty → appearsInWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Hermes → appearsInWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Telemachus → appearsInWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Odysseus → associatedWith → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
O Brother, Where Art Thou? → basedOn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Odysseus and Nausicaa → basedOn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
The Penelopiad → basedOn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Moirae → describedIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
the Sirens → describedIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
subject surface form: Sirens
Ogygia → episodeOf → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odysseus's nostos
Trojan cycle → extendsBeyond → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Aphrodite → featuredInWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Ares → featuredInWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer's Odyssey (briefly)
Eumaeus → firstAppearance → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 14
Ogygia → firstAttestedIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Homer's Iliad → followedBy → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
subject surface form: Iliad
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Odyssey Sims → givenName → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Greco-Roman mythology → hasMythCycle → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Homeric epics → hasPart → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Ogygia → hasPrimarySource → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 5