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[[Image:Homer British Museum.jpg|thumb|Homer (British Museum)]]

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The '''Odyssey''' was an epic poem written by [[Homer]], a [[Greece|Greek]] poet, in the 8th century B.C.  It recounts events that took place after the [[Trojan War]], part of which is described in Homer's other major work the [[Iliad]]. The main themes of the [[poem]] are [[Odysseus]]' journey home from [[Troy]] after winning the war and his trials along the way. During his journey he encounters many mythical beasts including a cyclops which he blinds. Unbeknownst to Odysseus the cyclops is the son of the great sea god [[Poseidon]] who makes it his mission to stop Odysseus from ever reaching his home of [[Ithaca]]. He eventually does reach his home with the help of other gods, especially [[Athena]], and he reunites with his wife after dispatching her lecherous suitors.

The '''Odyssey''' is an epic poem written by [[Homer]], a [[Greece|Greek]] poet, in the 8th century B.C.  It recounts events that took place after the [[Trojan War]], part of which is described in Homer's other major work the ''[[Iliad]]''. The main themes of the [[poem]] are [[Odysseus]]'s journey home from [[Troy]] after winning the war and his trials along the way. During his journey he encounters many mythical beasts including a cyclops, which he blinds. Unbeknownst to Odysseus the cyclops is the son of the great sea god [[Poseidon]] who makes it his mission to stop Odysseus from ever reaching his home of [[Ithaca]]. He eventually does reach his home with the help of other gods, especially [[Athena]], and he reunites with his wife after dispatching her lecherous suitors.

The story is surprisingly "modern" in feel.  It commences after most of the action has taken place and is told in "flashback".

The story is surprisingly "modern" in feel.  It commences after most of the action has taken place and is told in "flashback".

It is to this epic that the Roman writer [[Virgil]] pays tribute in his creation of the masterpiece, the [[Aeneid]] (books I to XII), best known for its elegant use of hypermetric elision, multiple correspondence similes and [[litotes]].

It is to this epic that the Roman writer [[Virgil]] pays tribute with the creation of his masterpiece the ''[[Aeneid]]'' (books I to XII), best known for its elegant use of hypermetric elision, multiple correspondence similes and [[litotes]].

==Inspirations of Modern Works of Art==

==Inspirations of Modern Works of Art==