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The Odyssey

From the differences between mythology movies and their originals to the choices of gods and heroes, the Trojan War, and the Iliad and the Odyssey, organized so you can read through it all in sequence.

The Odyssey Myth Summary | Odysseus's Homecoming After the Trojan War and the Ending with Penelope and His SonThe Odyssey Summary: Odysseus's Ten Years at War and Ten Years HomeThe Myth of the Sirens | The Song-Luring Beings, How Odysseus Survived, and the Meaning of Their NameThe Myth of Calypso | Odysseus Trapped on Ogygia, and the Journey Home Opened by the Gods' CommandThe Myth of Circe | Circe and Odysseus in The Odyssey — The Story of the Witch's IslandThe Cyclops Myth | Odysseus, Polyphemus, and Poseidon ExplainedThe Myth of Telemachus | Odysseus's Son, His Relationship with Penelope, and Characters in The OdysseyThe Myth of Penelope | Odysseus's Wife, Son Telemachus, the Suitors, the Bed, and the Ending ExplainedWas Odysseus a Real Person? | The Odyssey Myth vs. Historical EvidenceOdysseus' Bow Trial Ending Explained | From Antinous' Death to Penelope's Bed TestMap of Odysseus' Journey | Check the Order of the Cyclops, Circe, Sirens, Calypso, and Ithaca AdventuresThe Myth of Antinous | The Death and Fate of Odysseus's and Penelope's Suitor, ExplainedThe Death of Odysseus | Telegonus, the Telegony, and the Story After the OdysseyThe Myth of Telegonus | The Telegony, Son of Odysseus and Circe, and the Tradition of His DeathThe Myth of Scylla | The Price of Six Men Circe ForetoldThe Myth of Charybdis | From Circe's Warning to Meeting the Whirlpool AgainThe Myth of Eumaeus | The Swineherd Who Never Recognized His Master in Disguise, Yet Stayed by His Side to the EndThe Myth of Nausicaa | Odysseus and the Phaeacian Princess Who Helped Him Return HomeThe Myth of Aeolus | From the Moment the Wind Bag Was Opened to the Second RefusalIthaca Location: Odysseus' Homeland | Greek Island of Ithaca, Myth Journey, Travel Map GuideThe Myth of Tiresias | Odysseus's Underworld Prophecy and Homeward Journey Explained