What are the three major plot strands of the Odyssey?

Answer 1

1. The Wanderings of Odysseus

2. The Quest of Telemakhos

3. The Return of Odysseus

or in another way

Act IThe suitors are annoying Penelope in Ithaka and Telemachos, fed up, finally begins to speak out against them. He goes to the Grecian mainland to get news of his father from Odysseus's friends. Meanwhile, Odysseus has been stuck on Kalypso's island for seven years. Act IIOdysseus escapes Kalypso's island with the help of the gods, is shipwrecked yet again, and floats to the island of PhaiáKia where he is welcomed and urged to tell his story. He does. Act IIIOdysseus's story is over. Moved, the Phaiakians provide him with safe passage home. Once in Ithaka, he plots with Athene and Telemachos to kill the suitors. He eventually succeeds in a bloody battle, is reunited with Penelope, and brings peace to Ithaka once more.

Answer 2

The three major plot strands of The Odyssey are Odysseus's journey home from the Trojan War, Telemachus's journey to find news of his father, and Penelope's struggle to ward off suitors and remain faithful to her missing husband.

Answer 3

The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus' journeys. He was trying to get home to Ithaca from the Trojan war.

Answer 4

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