the odyssey

     

Astronomers used clues in the text of this epic to figure out the date of its archery contest: April 16, 1178 B.C.

Trivia about the odyssey

  • In reviewing this May 1997 4-hour miniseries, TV Guide said NBC didn't "quite hit a Homer"
  • The first classic, issued in 1946, was this Homer tale of heading home
  • Greek sailor wanders around for 10 years & finally finds his way home; his wife isn't angry
  • In the opening chapter of this Homerian epic, Athena urges Telemachus to look for his father, Odysseus
  • I made the very long trip to the library to borrow this epic, Homer's sequel to the "Iliad"
  • Vanessa Williams played Calypso & Greta Scacchi was the long-suffering Penelope in this 1997 epic
  • Joyce's masterpiece "Ulysses" was modeled on this ancient work
  • 8th or 9th century B.C.:The Land of the Lotus-Eaters
  • The term lotus-eater, referring to an indolent daydreamer, comes from this epic by Homer
  • Tennyson's "The Lotos-Eaters" is based on an episode from this work of classical literature
  • 700 B.C.: Greek warrior takes epic 10-year journey to get home
  • Here's Ian McKellen reading the opening of this epic workSing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy