What are the most important facts on Odysseus?

In The Odyssey, the poem tells of Odysseus' struggle to return home, which occurs over a ten year period following the Trojan War. During his ten year struggle Odysseus encounters Lotus-eaters, Cyclops, Aeolus, Scylla and Charybdis, and Calypso. Odysseus and his men took so ... read more

The most important facts about Odysseus are that he was the one who devised the Trojan Horse, he received either Achilles’ spear or shield, can’t remember, and that it took him ten years to get home. read more

setting (time) · Bronze Age (approximately twelfth century b.c.e.); the Odyssey begins where the Iliad ends and covers the ten years after the fall of Troy. setting (place) · Odysseus’s wanderings cover the Aegean and surrounding seas and eventually end in Ithaca, in northwestern Greece; Telemachus travels from Ithaca to southern Greece. read more

The most important facts about Odysseus are that he was the one who devised the Trojan Horse, he received either Achilles’ spear or shield, can’t remember, and that it took him ten years to get home. It took this long for two reasons. read more

Odysseus Facts Odysseus is the main character and hero of the epic poem The Odyssey, written by the Greek poet Homer in the 8 th century BC. In The Odyssey, the poem tells of Odysseus' struggle to return home, which occurs over a ten year period following the Trojan War. read more