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Is the Odyssey a True Story?
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Painting of Ulysses (Odysseus) tied to a ship's mast as his crew rows with ears covered, while winged sirens with women's faces fly around the boat over blue water.
A large wooden Trojan horse is labeled with a blue box reading "FICTION" and an arrow pointing to it, illustrating myth versus reality in Homer's Odyssey.
Ary Ernest Renan: Scylla and Charybdis Timeline image titled "Life of Odysseus" with a section labeled "Early Life" describing Odysseus's birth to Laertes and Anticleia, and an illustration of two figures.
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Is the Odyssey a True Story?: References & Edit History

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  • Gitanjali Roy
    Gitanjali Roy is deputy managing editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has over two decades of editorial experience across digital and broadcast media.

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Added cross-reference. Jul 20, 2026
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