The Odyssey is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first being the Iliad. It describes the adventures of Odysseus as he and his crew travel back to his native Ithaca? from Troy after the Trojan War, a voyage that took them twenty years and brought them to various people and places. They suffer various misfortunes brought about by Poseidon, encountering, among others: Aeolus, Cyclops?, Calypso, Circe, Hades, Ino?, the Lotus-Eaters?, Polyphemus, Scylla and Charybdis. None of his crew survive the voyage. |
The Odyssey is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first being the Iliad. It describes the adventures of Odysseus as he and his crew travel back to his native Ithaca? from Troy after the Trojan War, a voyage that took them twenty years and brought them to various people and places. They suffer various misfortunes brought about by Poseidon, encountering, among others: Aeolus, Calypso, Circe, Hades, Ino?, the Lotus-Eaters?, Polyphemus the Cyclops?, Scylla and Charybdis. None of his crew survive the voyage. |