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Why did they call it The Odyssey?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

For Odysseus, the main character, also known as Ulysses. He was a lesser character in the Iliad, which is called that because Ilium was another name for Troy. Since then, a long and difficult journey has been referred to as an odyssey.

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