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Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish
Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish is a 1984 historical fantasy novel by Morgan Llywelyn. It depicts the migration of Galicians to Ireland, led by Amergin the bard and the Sons of the Mil.
Odyssey
![Portrait by the Italian painter [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] of the Greek Renaissance scholar [[Demetrios Chalkokondyles]], who produced the first printed edition of the ''Odyssey'' in 1488](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Demetrios Chalkokondyles - Detail of Angel Appearing to Zacharias by Domenico Ghirlandaio.jpg?width=200 "Portrait by the Italian painter [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] of the Greek Renaissance scholar [[Demetrios Chalkokondyles]], who produced the first printed edition of the ''Odyssey'' in 1488")
![Terracotta plaque of the Mesopotamian ogre [[Humbaba]], believed to be a possible inspiration for the figure of Polyphemus](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Humbaba deamon-AO 9034-IMG 0655-black.jpg?width=200 "Terracotta plaque of the Mesopotamian ogre [[Humbaba]], believed to be a possible inspiration for the figure of Polyphemus")
![''Odysseus and Eurycleia'' by [[Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Odysseus and Euryclea by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein.jpg?width=200 "''Odysseus and Eurycleia'' by [[Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein]]")
.jpg?width=200 "Penelope questions Odysseus to prove his identity.")
![Odysseus discovers Penelope has devised tricks to delay the suitors whilst he has been away: ''Penelope and the Suitors'' by [[John William Waterhouse]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Penelope and the Suitors - John William Waterhouse - ABDAG003035.jpg?width=200 "Odysseus discovers Penelope has devised tricks to delay the suitors whilst he has been away: ''Penelope and the Suitors'' by [[John William Waterhouse]]")
![A [[mosaic]] depicting [[Odysseus]], from the villa of [[La Olmeda]], [[Pedrosa de la Vega]], Spain, late 4th–5th centuries AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Villa Romana de La Olmeda Mosaicos romanos 001 Ulises.jpg?width=200 "A [[mosaic]] depicting [[Odysseus]], from the villa of [[La Olmeda]], [[Pedrosa de la Vega]], Spain, late 4th–5th centuries AD")
EPIC POEM ATTRIBUTED TO HOMER
Oddyssey; The Oddessy; Melantheus; Oddessey; Oddyssy; Οδύσσεια; Odusseia; Bag of Winds; Bag of winds; Bag of Wind; Bag of wind; A Bag of Winds; A bag of winds; Philoitios; The adventures of ulysses; The Odyssey; The Adventures of Ulysses; Homer's odyssey; Homer's Odyssey; List of characters in Homer's Odyssey; Oddysey; The odyssey; Odissey; Odýsseia; Ὀδύσσεια; Cyclopeia; Homer’s Odyssey; The Odyssey of Homer; Odysseia; The Oddysey; Themes in the Odyssey
·noun An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.
odyssey
EPIC POEM ATTRIBUTED TO HOMER
Oddyssey; The Oddessy; Melantheus; Oddessey; Oddyssy; Οδύσσεια; Odusseia; Bag of Winds; Bag of winds; Bag of Wind; Bag of wind; A Bag of Winds; A bag of winds; Philoitios; The adventures of ulysses; The Odyssey; The Adventures of Ulysses; Homer's odyssey; Homer's Odyssey; List of characters in Homer's Odyssey; Oddysey; The odyssey; Odissey; Odýsseia; Ὀδύσσεια; Cyclopeia; Homer’s Odyssey; The Odyssey of Homer; Odysseia; The Oddysey; Themes in the Odyssey
['?d?si]
¦ noun (plural odysseys) a long and eventful or adventurous journey or process.
Derivatives
odyssean ??d?'si:?n adjective
Origin
C19: from Odyssey, the title of a Greek epic poem attributed to Homer describing the adventures of Odysseus (Ulysses) on his journey home from Troy; via L. from Gk Odusseia.
