Myth & LegendGreek → English
Odyssey
A long, eventful journey.
The Greek roots
Ὀδύσσεια
Odýsseia
the tale of Odysseus
Literally: “the journey of Odysseus”
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The story of the word
Homer's epic of Odysseus's ten-year voyage home gave its name to any long, wandering adventure.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
Their move across the country became an odyssey.