Homer's epic poem, "The Odyssey," recounts the arduous ten-year journey of the hero Odysseus as he strives to return home after the Trojan War. It is a foundational text of Western literature, celebrated for its complex narrative, character development, and exploration of themes like homecoming, identity, and perseverance.
Sources for Homer — The Odyssey
Homer — The Odyssey in Epics
Held in the Epics chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Homer — The Iliad (−750)
- Epic of Gilgamesh (−2100)
- Virgil — The Aeneid (−19)
- Beowulf (anonymous, Old English) (1000)
- Vyasa (attrib.) — The Mahabharata (−400)
- Valmiki (attrib.) — The Ramayana (−500)
- Luo Guanzhong — Romance of the Three Kingdoms (San Kuo) (1400)
- Ferdowsi — Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (1010)
- Elias Lönnrot (compiler) — The Kalevala (1849)
- Apollonius of Rhodes — The Argonautica (Jason and the Golden Fleece) (−250)
- Statius — The Thebaid (Seven Against Thebes) (92)
- Snorri Sturluson — The Prose Edda (1220)
- The Poetic Edda (anonymous, Old Norse) (1270)
- The Saga of the Volsungs (1270)
- Táin Bó Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) (1100)
- The Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (1450)
- The Book of Dede Korkut (1300)