Meanings
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of the Odyssey.
Odysseus features prominently in both The liad and The Odyssey.
2002, Daniel Mersey, “Achilles: Hero of The Iliad”, in Legendary Warriors: Great Heroes in Myth and Reality, London: Brassey’s, →ISBN, page 592 more examples
POPULAR versions in prose of Homer's epic “The Odyssey” are not unfamiliar to youthful readers.
1961 April 16, Horace Gregory, “A Noble Homer Who Almost Never Nods; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2025The book tells how the 81-year-old Jay Mendelsohn, who had been a professor of mathematics, enrols in his son’s class on The Odyssey (taught in translation).
2017 September 13, Emily Wilson, “An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn review – a father, a son and Homer’s epic”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2017
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The Odyssey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/The%20Odyssey
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “The Odyssey,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/The%20Odyssey.
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