The word “odyssey” comes directly from the title of Homer’s ancient Greek epic, The Odyssey, known in Greek as Ὀδύσσεια (Odýsseia), meaning “the story of Odysse

The word “odyssey” comes directly from the title of Homer’s ancient Greek epic, The Odyssey, known in Greek as Ὀδύσσεια (Odýsseia), meaning “the story of Odysseus.” The title itself comes from the name of the hero, Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς), whose legendary journey home after the Trojan War forms the hear…