![]() The poem covers the voyage of Odysseus, the mythical king of Ithaca, on his return home from the Trojan War in Anatolia. The issue is unlikely ever to be resolved. Other scholars maintain that it is the work of another author precisely because of these differences. Some scholars see the Odyssey as the work of Homer in later life, hence the slightly different subject and style compared to the Iliad. They also thought him the greatest ever writer and referred to him simply as 'the poet.' Homer drew on a long oral tradition of telling the Greek myths, and this heritage is seen in the repetition of epithets, introductory phrases, and recurring descriptive formulas. The Greeks thought its author Homer was from Chios or Ionia and credited him with both this book and its prequel the Iliad, the two masterpieces of Greek literature. The Odyssey, written sometime in the 8th century BCE (although some scholars would place it in the 6th century BCE), is an epic poem of more than 12,000 lines organised by scholars in Alexandria into 24 books. The Odyssey is the first, and for many, still the best page-turner ever written. The reader is in equal measures thrilled and exasperated, just like Odysseus himself, with every new setback and wills the hero to finally make it home. The Odyssey is such a timeless story not only for its terrifying monsters, rip-roaring action scenes, and wealth of information on Mediterranean geography and legends but also because it involves the irresistible plot line of a worthy hero trying desperately to get back to his city, his family, and his throne. For the Greeks, the story occurred sometime in the 13th century BCE during the Bronze Age, in a heroic golden era much better than today's sorry state of affairs. The mythical king sails back to Ithaca with his men after the Trojan War but is beset by all kinds of delays and misadventures where he battles monsters and storms but also resists (eventually) the advances of beautiful women in the knowledge that, all the while, his faithful wife Penelope is awaiting him. So we did and we went back to Circe's palace to make a funeral for one of our dead crew members.Homer's Odyssey is an epic poem written in the 8th century BCE which describes the long voyage home of the Greek hero Odysseus. But as the sacrifice was still left on the ground, many of the other dead people started swarming around me, it was completely terrifying! I had to leave right away. And the irony how that worked out am I right?! Anyway, Tiresias had left and I wanted to talk to some of my companions. ![]() That wasn't very uplifting news but at least we knew somehow, we would get home. ![]() Tiresias told us that the curse was still set on us, and it would be a horribly long time to get home. What would happen on our journey? Is the curse still set on us? How long will it take for us to go back home? Questions had popped up into my mind as Tiresias was telling us stories of the future. ![]() ![]() Tiresias had suddenly appeared and told us that what would happen to us. Anyway, I had seen my companions from war, friends from home, family, and more. I wonder how my own Penelope and my son Telemachus are doing. We had a small conversation, and it turns out she died because of a broken heart. But, he didn't come so quickly, I had seen my mother, which made me cry. Circe had explained to us that we had to make a sacrifice in order to summon Tiresias to come and talk to us. So there I was, sailing to the Kingdom of the Dead to talk to Tiresias. ![]()
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