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Odysseus, the hero of Homer's Odyssey, spends 20 years traveling home from the Trojan War. He has astonishing adventures and learns a great deal about himself and the world; he even descends to the underworld to talk to the dead. Thus, an odyssey is any long, complicated journey, often a quest for a goal, and may be a spiritual or psychological journey as well as an actual voyage.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 11 July 2024
The program features musical odysseys, dystopian worlds, tales from the fringes of society as well as reimagined inner and outer spaces.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
Soon, Tina loses the job she’s given 15 years of her life to, and sets out on a demoralizing odyssey of applying to what seems like every open position in the city of Chicago.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 July 2024
So for those daydreaming of a tennis-centric odyssey, start in Scotland and make your way south then west.
—Nick Pachelli, Vogue, 3 July 2024
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“Odyssey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odyssey. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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named for the Odyssey, a long poem from ancient Greece telling the story of the 10-year wanderings of Odysseus, a Greek hero and king
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