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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

.

Definition 2025

Odyssey

Odyssey

See also: odyssey

English

Proper noun

Odyssey

An epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.

Translations

epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus

Alemannic German: Odyssee f
Armenian: Ոդիսական ‎(Odisakan)
Catalan: L'Odissea f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧德賽 (zh), 奥德赛 (zh) ‎(Àodésài)
Danish: Odysseen f
Dutch: Odyssee f
Esperanto: Odiseado
Estonian: Odüsseia f
Finnish: Odysseia f
French: Odyssée (fr) f
German: Odyssee (de) f
Greek: Οδύσσεια (el) f ‎(Odýsseia)
Hebrew: אודיסיאה
Hungarian: Odüsszeia
Icelandic: Ódysseifskviða f
Italian: Odissea f

Japanese: オデュッセイア ‎(Odyusseia)
Korean: 오디세이아 ‎(Odiseia)
Latin: Odyssea f
Luxembourgish: Odyssee f
Macedonian: Одисеја f ‎(Odiséja)
Norwegian: Odysseen f
Persian: ادیسه (fa) ‎(Odise)
Polish: Odyseja (pl) f
Portuguese: Odisseia f
Russian: Одиссе́я f ‎(Odisséja)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Одисеја f ‎(Оdiseja)

Roman: Odiseja (sh) f
Slovene: Odiseja f
Spanish: Odisea f
Swedish: Odysséen f
Tagalog: Odiseya

odyssey

odyssey

See also: Odyssey

English

Noun

odyssey ‎(plural odysseys)

An extended adventurous voyage.
An intellectual or spiritual quest.

Translations

extended adventurous voyage

French: odyssée (fr) f
German: Odyssee (de) f
Greek: οδύσσεια (el) f ‎(odýsseia)
Portuguese: odisseia (pt) f
Russian: одиссе́я (ru) f ‎(odisséja)

Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: одисеја f

Roman: odiseja f
Tagalog: odiseya, odisea

intellectual or spiritual quest

Portuguese: odisseia (pt) f

Russian: одиссе́я (ru) f ‎(odisséja)