In the original Greek, The Odyssey by Homer is structured as 24 books, which here means chapters. It is written as an epic (long) poem and has a regular rhythm throughout, although not every line ...

Mary Zimmerman’s playful adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey.” No stranger to adapting legendary stories on stage, ...

A clay tablet discovered during an archaeological dig may be the oldest written record of Homer's epic ... The Odyssey is widely considered to be a seminal work in Western literature. The poem ...

is inspired by the Odyssey, Homer’s second epic poem about the journey undertaken by Odysseus returning home from the Trojan War—a journey that took ten years. You may remember the strategy ...

By Alison Habens In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around 850BC) invoked ...