Author: Homer
Characters: Odysseus, Circe, Telemachus, and more
Genres: Epic poetry and Epic
Language: Homeric Greek
Lines: 12,109
Metre: Dactylic hexameter
Published in English: 1614
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Odyssey | Summary, Characters, Meaning, & Facts - Britannica
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A short summary of Homer's The Odyssey. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Odyssey.
It is from us, they say, that evils come, but they even of themselves, through their own blind folly, have sorrows beyond that which is ordained. ... So Hermes ...