Geography of Homer’s Odyssey: Mapping Odysseus’s Epic Voyage: Quick Facts

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Ancient Roman mosaic showing Ulysses (Odysseus) tied to the mast of a ship with five crew members, from the House of Dionysus and Ulysses at Dougga, Tunisia.

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