Odyssey
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In the tenth year of the Trojan War, the Greeks tricked the enemy into bringing a colossal wooden horse within the walls of Troy. Believing that the Greeks had returned to their homelands, the edifice was proclaimed a trophy of their apparent victory. The Trojans had no idea that Greek soldiers were hidden inside, under the command of Odysseus. That night they emerged from the wooden horse and opened the city gates to the rest of the Greek army ("Odyssey" 93). Troy was destroyed. Now it was time for Odysseus and the other Greeks to return to their kingdoms. Here begins the tale of the Odyssey, as sung by the blind poet Homer.
"Sing to me the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy" (Odyssey 1.1). So Homer begins his epic...