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odyssey Definition


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odyssey
noun odysseys
    1a. A long and adventurous journey or series of wanderings;
      Thesaurus: journey, travels, wandering, meanderings, junket.
    1b. A story that relates such a journey.
    2. A long and drawn-out process of change or development.
Derivative: Odyssean
    Relating to the Greek epic poem the Odyssey.
    Like an odyssey.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek Odysseia, the Greek epic poem, the Odyssey, attributed to Homer, that describes the adventures and wanderings of Odysseus (Ulysses) on his ten years' journey home to Ithica after the fall of Troy.



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