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.

Homer's Odyssey → influenced → Homer's Odyssey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nikos Kazantzakis's The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
Argonautica → influencedBy → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
James Joyce's Ulysses → influencedBy → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
subject surface form: Ulysses
Virgil's Aeneid → influencedBy → 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)
Odysseus and Nausicaa → literarySource → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Odysseus → literaryWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Penelope → literaryWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Mahabharata → longerThan → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Atlas from Greek mythology → mentionedIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlas
Atlas → mentionedIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Dodona → mentionedIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Eileithyia → mentionedIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Nausinous → notMentionedIn → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer's Odyssey (by name)
Ancient Greek → notableWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Armand Assante → notableWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Homer → notableWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
subject surface form: contest of the bow in Ithaca
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 21
Homer's Odyssey → partOf → Homer's Odyssey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric epics
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
Homer → primarySettingOfWorks → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odysseus’s journey home (Odyssey)
Trojan cycle → sequelTo → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Circe → sourceText → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey, Book 10
Circe → sourceText → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey, Book 12
Minos → sourceText → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Eurycleia → sourceTextBook → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 1
Eurycleia → sourceTextBook → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 19
Eurycleia → sourceTextBook → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 22
Eurycleia → sourceTextBook → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 23
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
Polyphemus → sourceWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odyssey
James Joyce's Ulysses → structureParallels → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
subject surface form: Ulysses
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
Hephaestus → textualSource → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Alexander Pope → translatedWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Ionic Greek → usedInWork → Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric Odyssey