Odyssey

[ od-uh-see ]

/ ˈɒd ə si /

(italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.

(often lowercase) a long series of wanderings or adventures, especially when filled with notable experiences, hardships, etc.

OTHER WORDS FROM Odyssey

Od·ys·se·an, adjective

But he does not carry these discoveries so far as to make the late grammar no less Iliadic than Odyssean.

Homer and His Age |Andrew Lang
Impressive, indeed, and yethow many really thrill and smile over the Odyssean tale?

The Unpopular Review, Number 19 |Various
We find no stronger mark of change than in the Odyssean house, if that be changed, which we show reason to doubt.

Homer and His Age |Andrew Lang
The alleged distinction of early Iliadic grammar, late Odyssean grammar, in that case vanishes.

Homer and His Age |Andrew Lang

Yet how will it dilate on the Odyssean smell of hemp and tar!

Journeys to Bagdad |Charles S. Brooks

Odyssey

/ (ˈɒdɪsɪ) /

a Greek epic poem, attributed to Homer, describing the ten-year homeward wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy

(often not capital) any long eventful journey

Odyssean (ˌɒdɪˈsiːən), adjective