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The Odyssey

Homer

Form
Form Epic Poem
Year
Year 750 BCE
Originally in
Originally in Ancient Greek
Pages
Pages 400

Ten years after the fall of Troy, its craftiest veteran is still fighting monsters, goddesses and his own pride to get home to an island where suitors are circling his wife.

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
The Odyssey, Homer

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