15 Facts About The Odyssey

The Odyssey was originally composed in Homeric Greek in around the 8th or 7th century BCE and, by the mid-6th century BCE, had become part of the Greek literary canon.

The Odyssey is regarded as one of the most significant works of the Western canon.

The Odyssey offers her hospitality, and they observe the suitors dining rowdily while Phemius, the bard, performs a narrative poem for them.

The Odyssey's is ordered to release him by the messenger god Hermes, who has been sent by Zeus in response to Athena's plea.

The Odyssey's encourages him to seek the hospitality of her parents, Arete and Alcinous.

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The Odyssey's turned half of his men into swine with drugged cheese and wine.

The Odyssey told his sailors not to untie him as it would only make him drown himself.

The Odyssey finds his way to the hut of one of his own slaves, swineherd Eumaeus, who treats him hospitably and speaks favorably of Odysseus.

The Odyssey is ridiculed by the suitors in his own home, especially Antinous.

The Odyssey's is hesitant but recognizes him when he mentions that he made their bed from an olive tree still rooted to the ground.

Iliad and the Odyssey were widely copied and used as school texts in lands where the Greek language was spoken throughout antiquity.

Iliad and the Odyssey remained widely studied and used as school texts in the Byzantine Empire during the Middle Ages.

The Odyssey's edition was printed in Milan by a Greek printer named Antonios Damilas.

Since the late 19th century, many papyri containing fragments of the Odyssey have been found in Egypt, some with content different from later medieval versions.

Ulysses, a re-telling of the Odyssey set in Dublin, is divided into 18 sections which can be mapped roughly onto the 24 books of the Odyssey.