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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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

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Philoetius appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Philoetius mentionedInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 20
Philoetius mentionedInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 21
Philoetius mentionedInBook Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey Book 22
Troy featuredInWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Tiresias appearsInWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Halius appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Laodamas appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Laodamas literarySource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer, Odyssey Book 6
Laodamas literarySource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer, Odyssey Book 7
Laodamas literarySource Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer, Odyssey Book 8
Thoosa mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Scylla firstAttestedIn Homer's Odyssey
Scylla appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Prince of Ithaca appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
sanctuary of Dodona mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Dodona
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Ino appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homeric Odyssey
Paradise Lost influencedBy Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Helen associatedWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Pylos mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Queen of Ithaca associatedWithWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Queen of Ithaca appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
island of Aeaea notableIn Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Aeaea
this entity surface form: Odyssey
island of Aeaea describedBySource Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Aeaea
Children of Helios appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Gorgons mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
Rhadamanthus sourceText Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey by Homer
river god Achelous mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Achelous
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria basedOn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Fates appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
Aeolus mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
Vasily Zhukovsky translatedWork Homer's Odyssey
Vasily Zhukovsky translatedWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Achaeans mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Kennedy Miller Mitchell notableWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Ithaca associatedWithWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Homer’s Odyssey
Ion (rhapsode) associatedWith Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Amazons appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey (later traditions and summaries)
Hisarlik culturalAssociation Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Ord. Prof. Dr. Sabahattin Eyüboğlu translatedWork Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Sabahattin Eyüboğlu
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Aegisthus hasCanonicalSource Homer's Odyssey
Aegisthus mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
Hippias Minor literaryReference Homer's Odyssey
Lookingglass Theatre Company hasProduction Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Nereids areMentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
Ajax the Greater mentionedIn Homer's Odyssey
Scylla and Charybdis appearsIn Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Troad associatedWithWork Homer's Odyssey
this entity surface form: Odyssey
Ulysses basedOnCharacterFrom Homer's Odyssey
subject surface form: Ulysses (poem)
this entity surface form: The Odyssey
Autolychus source Homer's Odyssey