Throughout the ages, nearly all literary works have followed the same plot criterion involving a hero, his journey into peril, and his subsequent escape and resolution from this peril. Written in the eighth century BC by the poet Homer, The Odyssey follows this same pattern of plot structure. Set in ancient Greece ... the many places that Odysseus had traveled to - Olympus, Ithaca, Pylos, Pherae, Sparta, Ogygia, and Scheria. In the middle books of the poem, Odysseus narrates the story of his travels in the years after the fall of Troy, and this narrative includes other far-flung places, such a...

• Word Count: 1268
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate