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    Ithaca. The geography of the Apologoi (the tale that Odysseus told to the Phaeacians, forming books 9-12 of the Odyssey), and the location of the Phaeacians'...
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    The Odyssey (/ˈɒdɪsi/; Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the...
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    Greek mythology, the island home of the hero Odysseus. The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer's Odyssey, is a matter for debate...
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    Scheria (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    Odyssey as the home of the Phaeacians and the last destination of Odysseus in his 10-year journey before returning home to Ithaca. It is one of the earliest...
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    Aeaea (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    from far." The somewhat inconsistent geography of Homer's Odyssey is often considered more mythic than literal, but the geography of the Alexandrian...
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  • locations for them. (See also Geography of the Odyssey.) As Scylla and Charybdis have often been located in the Straits of Messina, this has led some (like...
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    in the Odyssey. Homer locates the land past the streams of Oceanus, the world-encircling river, and the gates of the Sun, close to the Fields of Asphodel...
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    the Odyssey Book IX, Odysseus tells how adverse north winds blew him and his men off course as they were rounding Cape Malea, the southernmost tip of...
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  • Aeolia (mythical island) (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    (Ancient Greek: 'Αἰολία), the island kingdom of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds, visited by Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. In the Odyssey, Aeolus' Aeolia was purely...
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    Homer (redirect from Homer the bard)
    as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most...
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    transported to the underworld. In early mythology (e.g., Homer's Iliad and Odyssey) the dead were indiscriminately grouped together and led a shadowy post-existence;...
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    accounts of the battle in the Iliad. Ancient Greece portal Historical Troy uncovered Homeric Question Geography of the Odyssey Sources and parallels of the Exodus...
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    Ismarus (Thrace) (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    Ismaros (Ancient Greek: Ἴσμαρος) was a city of the Cicones, in ancient Thrace, mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey. After their departure from Troy, Odysseus...
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    Ogygia (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, Book V, as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas. In Homer's Odyssey, Calypso detained Odysseus...
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    debated by scholars, as have potential locations for them. (See also Geography of the Odyssey.) Hilary Sumner-Boyd and John Freely, Strolling through Istanbul...
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    Telepylos (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    the mythological city of the Laestrygonians. In the Odyssey it is described as the rocky stronghold of Lamos. When Odysseus reaches the city in the Odyssey...
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  • Circe (novel) (category Novels based on the Odyssey)
    during the Greek Heroic Age, it is an adaptation of various Greek myths, most notably the Odyssey, as told from the perspective of the witch Circe. The novel...
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    interpretation of the historiography criterion, Southeastern Europe enters protohistory only with Homer (See also Historicity of the Iliad, and Geography of the Odyssey)...
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    The work would become the basis of his secular oratorio, A Child of Our Time. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nekyia. Odyssey Geography of the...
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    Victor Bérard (category Foreign members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
    is still renowned for his works about Hellenistic studies and geography of the Odyssey. Bérard's "L'Angleterre et l'impérialisme" was translated into...
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    original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06. "National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey Officially Opens October 6, 2017". "Busch Gardens Williamsburg...
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  • Dulichium (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    father's anger. In the Odyssey, however, Dulichium is implied to be part of Odysseus's kingdom, not of Meges's kingdom. In the Odyssey, the island is ruled...
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  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 American science documentary television series. The show is a follow-up to the 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal...
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  • Creed Odyssey is a 2018 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It is the eleventh major installment in the Assassin's...
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    Same (Homer) (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    indicating that the "Catalogue of Ships" could be a later addition to the Iliad. In Homer's Odyssey, there is an interesting geographical description: Now...
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    Nancy Schumacher. In New York City in October 2017, the National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey attraction opened by SPE Partners under license. SPE...
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  • HMS Victory. Their work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, PBS and National Geographic. In 2009, Odyssey announced it acquired a minority interest...
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    Walcheren (category Peninsulas of the Netherlands)
    publisher (link) Geography of the Odyssey according to I. Wilkens "The Spanish Armada and Antwerp - Did Zeeland doom the Armada before it even sailed?"...
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  • Crocylea (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    Κροκύλεια) is an Ancient Greek name of an island in the Ionian Sea, near Ithaca. In Homer's Iliad, book II, Krocylea is part of Odysseus's kingdom. Some researchers...
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  • Aegilips (category Geography of the Odyssey)
    name of an island in the Ionian Sea, near Ithaca. In Homer's Iliad, book II, Aegilips is part of Odysseus's kingdom. According to an attempt by the ancient...
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