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The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel is an epic poem by Greek poet and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis, based on Homer's Odyssey. [1] It is divided into twenty-four rhapsodies as is the original Odyssey and consists of 33,333 17-syllable verses. Kazantzakis began working on it in 1924 after he returned to Crete from Germany. Before finally publishing the ...
A mosaic depicting Odysseus, from the villa of La Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain, late 4th–5th centuries AD. The Odyssey begins after the end of the ten-year Trojan War (the subject of the Iliad), from which Odysseus (also known by the Latin variant Ulysses), king of Ithaca, has still not returned because he angered Poseidon, the god of the sea.
In Greek mythology, Clytoneus (Ancient Greek: Κλυτόνηος or Κλυτονήου) or Clytonaeus may refer to two different individuals: Clytoneus or Clytius, [1] son of Naubolus of Argos and father of the Argonaut Nauplius II, father of Palamedes. [2] [3] Clytoneus, a prince of Corcyra as son of King Alcinous and Arete. [4]
In the Odyssey, Leodes, Leiodes or Liodes (/ l i ˈ oʊ d iː z /; Ancient Greek: Λειώδης, romanized: Leiṓdēs, lit. 'smooth, even') was an Ithacan diviner and a minor suitor of Penelope. [1] He had darkly predicted that Odysseus would return to avenge the suitors' abuse of hospitality.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... the ancient Greek gods referenced in Homer's Odyssey.
In Greek mythology, Noëmon (Ancient Greek: Νοήμων means 'thoughtful, intelligent') may refer to the following characters: Noemon, a Lycian soldier who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy. [1] Noemon, one of Antilochus' men. [2]
In Homer's Odyssey, Demoptolemus (/ ˌ d ɛ m ə p ˈ t ɒ l ɪ m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Δημοπτόλεμος, romanized: Dēmoptólemos) was one of the 108 suitors of the queen of Ithaca, Penelope. [1] [2] He came from Dulichium along with 51 other suitors. [3]
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA ...