Odyssey

See also: odyssey

English

Alternative forms

• The Odyssey

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια (Odússeia, “the story of Odysseus”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ʹŏdəsē, IPA^(key): /ˈɒ.də.si/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: ʹädəsē, IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.dɪ.si/, /ˈɑ.də.si/
• Hyphenation: Od‧ys‧sey

Proper noun

the Odyssey

2. An Ancient Greek epic poem, ascribed to Homer, which depicts the journey of Odysseus back to Ithaca after the fall of Troy.

   Coordinate term: Iliad

Derived terms

• Odyssean

Related terms

• Odysseus
• odyssey
• Ulysses

Translations

epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus

• Arabic: أوديسة f
• Armenian: Ոդիսական (hy) (Odisakan)
• Catalan: L'Odissea f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧德賽 / 奥德赛 (zh) (Àodésài)

• Czech: Odysea f
• Danish: Odysseen c, Odysséen c
• Dutch: Odyssee f
• Esperanto: Odiseado
• Estonian: Odüsseia f
• Finnish: Odysseia f
• French: Odyssée (fr) f

  Middle French: Odyssee f, Odissee f

• Galician: A Odisea f
• German: Odyssee (de) f

  Alemannic German: Odyssee f

• Greek: Οδύσσεια (el) f (Odýsseia)

  Ancient Greek: Ὀδυσσεία f (Odusseía)

• Hebrew: אודיסיאה
• Hungarian: Odüsszeia (hu)
• Icelandic: Ódysseifskviða f
• Italian: Odissea f
• Japanese: オデュッセイア (Odyusseia)
• Korean: 오디세이아 (Odiseia)
• Latin: Odyssēa f
• Lithuanian: Odisėja f
• Luxembourgish: Odyssee f
• Macedonian: Одисе́ја f (Odiséja)
• Marathi: ऑडिसी f (ŏḍisī)
• Norwegian: Odysseen f
• Old English: Odissia
• Persian: ادیسه (fa) (odise)
• Polish: Odyseja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Odisseia f
• Romanian: Odiseea f
• Russian: Одиссе́я (ru) f (Odisséja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Одисеја f

  Latin: Odiseja (sh) f

• Slovene: Odiseja f
• Spanish: Odisea f
• Swedish: Odysséen f
• Tagalog: Odiseya
• Tamil: ஒடிசி (oṭici)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: اودیسه (odîse)

• Ukrainian: Одіссе́я f (Odisséja)