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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.


== Internal Links ==
== 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]].


* [[Homer]]
== List of Characters ==
* [[The Odyssey Summary]]
===Human Beings===
* [[Telemakhos]]
* [[Odysseus]]


=== The Women of the ''Odyssey''===
* [[Circe]]
* [[Clytemnestra]]
* [[Kalypso]]
* [[Helen]]
* [[Penelope]]


=== Characters ===
=== The Supernatural Beings of the ''Odyssey'' ===
* [[Athena]]
* [[Circe]]
* [[Kalypso]]
* [[Kalypso]]
* [[Telemakhos]]
* [[Poseiden]]
* [[Zeus]]
 
== The ''Odyssey'' in History ==
 
== Internal Links ==
* [[Homer]]
* The [[Odyssey: Questions for Consideration]]


== External Links ==
== 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]]