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THE ODYSSEY
SETTING
Set in ancient Greece, The Odyssey is about the hero Odysseus long-awaited return from the Trojan War to his homeland, Ithaca, after ten years of wandering. The current action of The Odyssey occupies the last six weeks of
the ten years, and the narrative includes many places - Olympus, Ithaca, Pylos, Pherae, Sparta, Ogygia, and Scheria. ... A mere child when his father left for the Trojan War, Telemachus is, at the beginning of The Odyssey, an inexperienced, unhappy, and helpless young man. ... In The Odyssey, both husband and wife are back at Sparta. ... The
tenderness which she possesses in The Iliad is turned to new purposes here in The Odyssey.
Approximate Word count = 1632 Approximate Pages = 6.5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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