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[[Image:Chagall-odyssey.jpg|thumb|The Odyssey, by Chagall]] [[Homer]]’s <i>[[The Odyssey|Odyssey]]</i> is a ''nostos'', or an [[Epic Poetry | epic]] of return, and asks can one come home again, especially after years of bloody war? In fact, an odyssey is now meant generally as a long journey home, much like Odysseus’ after the fall of Troy. The <i>[[The Odyssey|Odyssey]]</i> attempts to remake order after the chaos of war. [[Odysseus]], a young man when [[Agamemnon]] and [[Menelaos]] recruited him for the campaign against Ilium, is now a middle-aged survivor and veteran of that war who must be smarter than the champion Achilles and the leader [[Agamemnon]] in order to return home and set his lands in order. War almost seems easy in the light of [[Odysseus]]’ journey — at least in war, he knew his enemies. Enemies during peacetime wear many masks; [[Odysseus]] must do the same if he is to survive. | [[Image:Chagall-odyssey.jpg|thumb|The Odyssey, by Chagall]] [[Homer]]’s <i>[[The Odyssey|Odyssey]]</i> is a ''nostos'', or an [[Epic Poetry | epic]] of return, and asks can one come home again, especially after years of bloody war? In fact, an odyssey is now meant generally as a long journey home, much like Odysseus’ after the fall of Troy. The <i>[[The Odyssey|Odyssey]]</i> attempts to remake order after the chaos of war. [[Odysseus]], a young man when [[Agamemnon]] and [[Menelaos]] recruited him for the campaign against Ilium, is now a middle-aged survivor and veteran of that war who must be smarter than the champion Achilles and the leader [[Agamemnon]] in order to return home and set his lands in order. War almost seems easy in the light of [[Odysseus]]’ journey — at least in war, he knew his enemies. Enemies during peacetime wear many masks; [[Odysseus]] must do the same if he is to survive. | ||
== | == Summary == | ||
The ''Odyssey''’s action is spread over twenty-four books, generally half before Odysseus returns home, and half after. For a synopsis of each book, see [[The Odyssey Summary]]. | |||
* [[ | == List of Characters == | ||
* [[ | ===Human Beings=== | ||
* [[Telemakhos]] | |||
* [[Odysseus]] | |||
=== The Women of the ''Odyssey''=== | |||
* [[Circe]] | |||
* [[Clytemnestra]] | |||
* [[Kalypso]] | |||
* [[Helen]] | |||
* [[Penelope]] | |||
=== | === The Supernatural Beings of the ''Odyssey'' === | ||
* [[Athena]] | |||
* [[Circe]] | |||
* [[Kalypso]] | * [[Kalypso]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Poseiden]] | ||
* [[Zeus]] | |||
== The ''Odyssey'' in History == | |||
== Internal Links == | |||
* [[Homer]] | |||
* The [[Odyssey: Questions for Consideration]] | |||
== | == Commentaries == | ||
* [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Odysseus.html Odysseus] — A background on the ''Odyssey'' and Odysseus | * [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Odysseus.html Odysseus] — A background on the ''Odyssey'' and Odysseus | ||
* [http://www.davidclaudon.com/odyssey/questions.html A Study Guide by David Claudon] | * [http://www.davidclaudon.com/odyssey/questions.html A Study Guide by David Claudon] | ||
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* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000318.shtml The <i>Odyssey</i>: The Lessons of Hell] (more on Books XI and XII) | * [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000318.shtml The <i>Odyssey</i>: The Lessons of Hell] (more on Books XI and XII) | ||
* [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000319.shtml The <I>Odyssey</i>: Odysseus’ Return] | * [http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/~glucas/archives/000319.shtml The <I>Odyssey</i>: Odysseus’ Return] | ||
== Suggested Reading == | |||
[[Category:World Literature|Odyssey]] | [[Category:World Literature|Odyssey]] | ||