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Odyssey

Od′ys-sey

(ŏd′ĭs-sy̆)

,

Noun.

[L.

Odyssea

, Gr.

Ὀδύσσεια

, fr.

Ὀδυσσεύσ

Ulysses: cf. F.

Odyssée

.]

An epic poem attributed to

Homer

, which describes the return of

Ulysses

to

Ithaca

after the siege of

Troy

.