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Odysseus, the hero of Homer's Odyssey, spends 20 years traveling home from the Trojan War. He has astonishing adventures and learns a great deal about himself and the world; he even descends to the underworld to talk to the dead. Thus, an odyssey is any long, complicated journey, often a quest for a goal, and may be a spiritual or psychological journey as well as an actual voyage.
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Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Across 16 essays, the critic, TV writer, and host of the Keep It podcast writes about the effect Oprah’s weight-loss odyssey, Jennifer Hudson’s American Idol loss, and his genuine love of Coldplay had on him while growing up as a gay Black man in Milwaukee.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
Aspiring actors will also gain insights on how to turn a passion into a profitable, sustainable career, with a supportive community of mentors guiding them through every step of this exciting yet scary odyssey.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Jesse Eisenberg presents this odd couple odyssey as a comic-tragic Kvetch-22, an emotionally impossible journey that finds its way forward through the wildly oscillating moods and manners of Kieran Culkin’s hilariously charismatic performance.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Odyssey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odyssey. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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named for the Odyssey, a long poem from ancient Greece telling the story of the 10-year wanderings of Odysseus, a Greek hero and king
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