The Odyssey as we have it is an epic of over twelve thousand lines. It has been divided, like the Iliad and probably at the same time, into twenty-four books.

Jim Tinsley and David Widger · "The Odyssey" by Homer is an epic poem attributed to the ancient Greek poet, believed to have been composed in the late 8th ...

This translation, based on the Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library, was first published on the internet in 2002 and in book form by Richer Resources ...

THE ODYSSEY. The Greeks believed that the Odyssey, was composed by Homer. In our ignorance of the man, his life and his work, we are free to believe it or not.

The Odyssey is, along with The Iliad, one of the two oldest works of literature in the Western tradition. It is an epic poem: “epic” both in the sense that ...

Subscribe to our free eBooks blog and email newsletter. The Odyssey. By Homer (Circa 700 BC). Translated by Samuel Butler ...

In the opening verses, Homer addresses the muse of epic poetry. He asks her help in telling the tale of Odysseus. Sing in me, Muse,1 and through me tell the ...

[1] Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered full many ways after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy. Many were the men whose cities ...

"The Odyssey of Homer" by Homer is an ancient epic poem believed to have been composed in the late 8th century BC. This work follows the perilous journey of ...

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