The Odyssey is one of the great epics of the western tradition.
Explanation:
The ten things that one can learn of The Odyssey can be:
1 It is written by Homer, a poet from around 800 BC
2 Almost nothing is known about him except that he was a seer and perhaps blind.
3 It is a sequel to the Iliad
4 It follows Odysseus, one of the heroes of the previous story on his way back home.
5 The journey takes palce over a 10 year period
6 The word odyssey has come to describe any long and difficult journey
7 Odysseus goes to the underworld in the book
8 It is the second greatest Greek epic known,
9 It has inspired many adaptations and re readings
10 The most famous adaptation is James Joyce's Ulysses.
