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  2. Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey is divided into 24 books.

  3. Ismarus (Thrace) - Wikipedia

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    According to Book 9 of the Odyssey, following their departure from Troy, after winning the Trojan War, in which the Cicones had been allies of the Trojans, Odysseus and his companions are blown off course to Ismaros. [2]

  4. Geography of the Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    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' own island of Scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying Troy, Mycenae, Pylos and Ithaca.

  5. Outis - Wikipedia

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    When they shouted back, inquiring whether Polyphemus was in danger, he replied that "Nobody" was trying to kill him, so presuming that he was not in any danger, none of them came to his rescue. The story of the Cyclops can be found in the Odyssey, book 9 (in the Cyclopeia). Use of the name "Nobody" can be found in five different lines of Book 9.

  6. Polyphemus - Wikipedia

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    Polyphemus first appeared as a savage man-eating giant in the ninth book of the Odyssey. The satyr play of Euripides is dependent on this episode apart from one detail; Polyphemus is made a pederast in the play. Later Classical writers presented him in their poems as heterosexual and linked his name with the nymph Galatea.

  7. Everything we know about Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' film

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    "The Odyssey" is one of the foundational stories of Western literature. This will be Anne Hathaway's third Christopher Nolan film after "Interstellar" and "The Dark Knight Rises." Angela Weiss/AFP ...

  8. Cicones - Wikipedia

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    In book nine of Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus and his men take Ismara by surprise and slay most of the Ciconian men they come across, taking Ciconian women as slaves. Later Ciconian reinforcements arrive and attack the invading Achaeans , killing so many of them that Odysseus and his men are forced to flee in their ships.

  9. Nisus and Euryalus - Wikipedia

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    Their foray among the enemy, narrated in book nine, demonstrates their stealth and prowess as warriors, but ends as a tragedy: the loot Euryalus acquires (a glistening Rutulian helmet) attracts attention, and the two die together. Virgil presents their deaths as a loss of admirable loyalty and valor.