Odysseus’ tale of tumultuous seas, terrifying monsters, and angry gods is interwoven with a parallel narrative set in Ithaca, in which Odysseus’ wife Penelope and his son Telemachus must fend off an army of boorish suitors vying for Penelope’s hand in marriage. The poem narrates the wanderings of the Greek hero Odysseus, the “man of twists and turns,” as he journeys home to his island kingdom of Ithaca after fighting at Troy. The Odyssey takes place after the end of the Trojan War, a decade-long conflict in which the “Achaean” heroes of Greece attacked and sacked the city of Troy. The Odyssey was probably composed around 750–700 BCE, shortly after the Iliad. Together with the Iliad, it is one of two epics said to have been written by Homer, a Greek poet of quasi-mythical status. The Odyssey-an epic poem made up of 24 books-is one of the earliest works of ancient Greek literature. Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Europe.Odysseus, the Phaeacis, and the Apologoi (Books 5–12).Telemachus and the Telemachy (Books 1–4).
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