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Odyssey

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Od·ys·sey  (d-s)
n.
The younger of the two surviving ancient Greek epic poems, traditionally ascribed to Homer but containing much orally transmitted material composed over several centuries, and concerning the adventures and ordeals of the Greek warrior Odysseus after the fall of Troy as he struggles to return home and reestablish himself as king of Ithaca.
od·ys·sey  (d-s)
n. pl. od·ys·seys
1. An extended adventurous voyage or trip.
2. An intellectual or spiritual quest: an odyssey of discovery.
[After theOdyssey.]
odyssey [odd-iss-ee]
Noun
a long eventful journey
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Odysseyodyssey - a long wandering and eventful journey
journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another
2.Odyssey - a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Odyssey
noun (often not cap.) journey, tour, trip, passage, quest, trek, expedition, voyage, crusade, excursion, pilgrimage, jaunt, peregrination


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When I saw men thus employed I could hardly doubt that the writer of the " Odyssey " had seen others like them, and had them in her mind when describing the binding of Ulysses.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
His Margites bears the same relation to Comedy that the Iliad and Odyssey do to Tragedy.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
The truth must have been that, all unversed in the arts of the wily Greek, the deceiver of gods, the lover of strange women, the evoker of bloodthirsty shades, I yet longed for the beginning of my own obscure Odyssey, which, as was proper for a modern, should unroll its wonders and terrors beyond the Pillars of Hercules.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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