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"Odysseen" er det episke heltedigt om den snilde Odysseus' tiårige rejse hjem efter krigen i Troja, der fortælles parrallelt med historien om hans søn Telemakos' søgen efter sin far. Men det er langt fra en nem rejse hjem for Odysseus, der kommer ud for alverdens modgang, der giver udslag i eventyr af olympiske dimensioner; heriblandt mødet med den enøjede kyklop, der gerne ser, at Odysseus og hans besætning indgår i hans middagsplaner, og opgøret med nymfen Kalypso, der holder Odysseus fanget i syv år. Og hjemme venter Odysseus' kone, Penelope, ængsteligt, imens den ene bejler efter den anden banker på hendes dør.Homer er navnet på den græske digter, der siges at have skrevet de to episke værker "Iliaden" og "Odysseen". Det vides hverken, hvor Homer var født, hvor han var fra, om han i virkeligheden var blind, og allerede omkring hellenistisk tid blev der sået tvivl om, hvorvidt "Iliaden" og "Odysseen" reelt set er skrevet af Homer. Denne diskussion har stået på lige siden, og bliver omtalt som det homeriske spørgsmål.
Having spent ten years fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on his journey back to Ithica. To get there he must deceive a giant Cyclops, face Poseidon's wrath, escape cannibalism, defeat the witch-goddess Circe, skirt the land of the Sirens, sail between a six-headed monster and a raging whirlpool, and escape captivity on the island of Calypso. But perhaps his biggest threat is his prolonged absence from home, as 108 suitors are vying for his wife's hand in marriage.Composed near the end of the eighth century BC, The Odyssey was intended to be sung by an epic poet. One of the most impressive elements of the text is that events depend equally on the choices made by women and serfs as on the actions of fighting men. The story has had a profound influence on cultures around the world, so much so, that the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage in many languages.In this edition of Samuel Butler's translation, the names of the gods and characters have been restored from Latin to the original Greek.
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