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  2. Category:Plays based on the Odyssey - Wikipedia

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  3. Tales from the Public Domain - Wikipedia

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    The first segment, ""D'oh, Brother Where Art Thou?" (or "(Annoyed Grunt), Brother Where Art Thou?"), puts Homer Simpson in the role of Odysseus in the ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey. The second segment, " Hot Child in the City ", tells the story of Joan of Arc , and the third and final segment, " Do the Bard, Man ", lampoons William ...

  4. Home Sweet Homer - Wikipedia

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    Home Sweet Homer is a 1976 musical with a book by Roland Kibbee and Albert Marre, lyrics by Charles Burr and Forman Brown, and music by Mitch Leigh. Originally called Odyssey, it is one of the most notorious flops in Broadway theatre history. Loosely based on Homeric legend, it focuses on Odysseus and Penelope, awaiting his return to Ithaca.

  5. Category:Plays based on works by Homer - Wikipedia

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  6. 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.

  7. Demodocus (Odyssey character) - Wikipedia

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    Odysseus is weeping at the court of Alcinous as the blind minstrel Demodocus sings about Odysseus and Achilles at Troy while playing the harp.. In the Odyssey by Homer, Demodocus (/ d ɪ ˈ m ɒ d ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Δημόδοκος, romanized: Dēmódokos) is a poet who often visits the court of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians on the island of Scherie.

  8. Ancient Greek literature - Wikipedia

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    George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion is a modern, rationalized retelling of the ancient Greek legend of Pygmalion. [159]: 794 James Joyce's novel Ulysses, heralded by critics as one of the greatest works of modern literature, [165] [166] is a retelling of Homer's Odyssey set in modern-day Dublin.

  9. Homeric Greek - Wikipedia

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    Homeric Greek is the form of the Greek language that was used in the Iliad, Odyssey, and Homeric Hymns.It is a literary dialect of Ancient Greek consisting mainly of an archaic form of Ionic, with some Aeolic forms, a few from Arcadocypriot, and a written form influenced by Attic. [1]