The odyssey

Homer was recognized around the western world for simple syntax in
hexameter verse. Homer’s poetic skill defies age and time by surpassing degree.
Homer’s powerful style of verse defines the popular epic as a ballad, set against
Greek culture.

The focus on a unified theme within an epic cycle via rapid, but direct,
evolution of thought and expression makes the odyssey a classic.

The poem spotlights grammatical form led by verse structure to attribute

rhythm through uniform pauses. Odyssey may lack the expression and
distinguishing qualities of Iliad, but the subtle version of the Epico-lyrical
attempt remains a ballad. Odyssey is indigenous and easily distinguishable from a
Dante or Milton.

Homer’s odyssey is as dramatic as Iliad. The lack of racial antipathy and

political events etch the poem permanently in the mind of the reader. Homeric
Greek, in the odyssey, is a Rhapsode style that was probably meant to be sung.
The ballad revolves around Odysseus, who takes ten long years after the Trojan
war to reach Ithaca. His absence is misunderstood for his death. Penelope, his
wife and his son Telemachus deal with suitor’s who line up for Penelope’s hand.
The unruly Proci make their lves miserable.

Odyssey battles Internal and External conflict to take part in the Trojan War.
It is at a time when his son Telemachus, is only a month old. Ten years after
war, Odysseus retraces his steps back home. By that time, Telemachus is
twenty and living with his mother Penelope in Ithaca. His mother has a deal
with 108 suitors, who are boisterous and adamant that she should agree to
marriage.