Odyssey: A Reader’s Guide to Homer’s Epic

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Sixteenth-century engraving by Hieronymus Wierix depicting Homer, shown as an older man with a beard and laurel wreath, wearing a draped garment.

The first slide in a slideshow of the guide to Homer's epic, What is the Odyssey about?

Engraved bust of Homer, a bearded man in a conical cap, overlaid on a painting of a galley with rowers and winged figures.

Illustration of a Greek warrior in armor next to large text reading "Who's who in the ODYSSEY" on a blue background.

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.

Examine Three Themes That Tie Together Homer's Odyssey

Watch King Nestor Recount the Horrors of the Trojan War to Odysseus's Son Telemachus

How has Odysseus (or Ulysses) been represented in literature, art, and cinema over the ages?

Take a Seat at the Phaeacian Feast and Listen to Odysseus Tell of His Blinding Cyclops Giant Polyphemus

The Odyssey: Odysseus Remembers Ithaca

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Engraved bust of Homer, a bearded man in a conical cap, overlaid on a painting of a galley with rowers and winged figures.

Telling the Story of Homer's Odyssey with Translator Emily Wilson

“Tell me, Muse…”

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Illustration of a Greek warrior in armor next to large text reading "Who's who in the ODYSSEY" on a blue background.

Who Are the Characters of Homer's Odyssey?

And how do you really pronounce Telemachus?

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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.

Is Homer's Odyssey a True Story?

Fact or Fiction? This ancient Greek epic is less than historically accurate.

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Examine Three Themes That Tie Together Homer's Odyssey

Examine Three Themes That Tie Together Homer's Odyssey

Learn from classicist Gilbert Highet and these dramatizations about three themes...

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Watch King Nestor Recount the Horrors of the Trojan War to Odysseus's Son Telemachus

Watch King Nestor Recount the Horrors of the Trojan War to Odysseus's Son Telemachus

Nestor, king of Pylos, tells Telemachus (Odysseus's son) about the Trojan War.

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How has Odysseus (or Ulysses) been represented in literature, art, and cinema over the ages?

How has Odysseus (or Ulysses) been represented in literature, art, and cinema over the ages?

Learn how Odysseus (or Ulysses) has been portrayed in literature, art, and cinema.

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Take a Seat at the Phaeacian Feast and Listen to Odysseus Tell of His Blinding Cyclops Giant Polyphemus

Take a Seat at the Phaeacian Feast and Listen to Odysseus Tell of His Blinding Cyclops Giant Polyphemus

At the feast of the Phaeacians, Odysseus relates the story of his blinding of Polyphemus,...

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The Odyssey: Odysseus Remembers Ithaca

The Odyssey: Odysseus Remembers Ithaca

Watch as Homer plunges the reader into the saga of Odysseus's return from the war.

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Listen to Agamemnon's Ghost Telling Odysseus How He Was Murdered

Listen to Agamemnon's Ghost Telling Odysseus How He Was Murdered

Learn about the fate of Agamemnon, according to Homer's Odyssey, Book XI,...

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Watch Penelope greet Odysseus in an excerpt of the reunion scene in Homer's Odyssey

Watch Penelope greet Odysseus in an excerpt of the reunion scene in Homer's Odyssey

Learn about the reunion of Penelope and Odysseus in this excerpt from a dramatization...

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Sixteenth-century engraving by Hieronymus Wierix depicting Homer, shown as an older man with a beard and laurel wreath, wearing a draped garment.

Homer

Engraving of Homer by Hieronymus Wierix, 16th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam....

Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Interactives

The first slide in a slideshow of the guide to Homer's epic, What is the Odyssey about?

What Is the Odyssey About?

What Is the Odyssey About?

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Interactive map introduction for Odysseus's Voyage, with instructions and a Start Journey button over a faded map of the Mediterranean region.

Map of Odysseus's journey from Troy

Follow Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca, exploring key moments from the Odyssey at each...

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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.

Timeline of Odysseus's life

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