Odyssey
['ɑdəsi]
Definition
(noun.) a long wandering and eventful journey.
(noun.) a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.
Editor: Shelton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.
Inputed by Alisa
Definition
n. a Greek epic poem ascribed to Homer describing the return of the Greeks from the Trojan war and esp. of Odysseus (Ulysses) to Ithaca after ten years' wanderings.
Editor: Mamie
Examples
- The days of Homer were his ideal, when a man was chief of an army of heroes, or spent his years in wonderful Odyssey. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yet the Greek genius has produced a great sea drama in the 'Odyssey. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The original recited version of the _Iliad_ was older than that of the _Odyssey_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Penelope in the _Odyssey_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And in this double form he has cast the entire narrative of the events which occurred at Troy and in Ithaca and throughout the Odyssey. Plato. The Republic.
- Homer wrote his poem, called the _Odyssey_, some hundred years before the birth of Christ. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Typist: Sean