The Odyssey is a book of adventure, an epic poem with enemies and troubles all along the way. The title means a journey, and Odysseus is the epic hero who is going to take this long hard journey, and only a true epic hero could conquer 20 long years away from his family in Ithaca. There are seve...

Odysseus "The Odyssey" is one of literary pieces that make reading entertaining, engaging and absorbing. For hundreds of years, "The Odyssey" did not lose its power to amuse and engage the reader. Homer skillfully interrelates adventures, feelings and experiences of his charac...