the Odyssey (an Ancient Greek epic poem, ascribed to Homer, which depicts the journey of Odysseus back to Ithaca after the fall of Troy)
“L’Iliade et l’Odyssée sont les deux poèmes fondateurs de la civilisation européenne.” — The Iliad and the Odyssey are the two founding poems of European civilisation.
Related: odyssée, odysséen, odysséique
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ὀδῠσσεύς m (Odŭsseús) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă) Ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια (Odússeia)bor. Latin Odyssēabor. Middle French Odyssee French Odyssée Inherited from Middle French Odyssee, borrowed from Latin Odyssēa, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια (Odússeia), from Ὀδῠσσεύς m (Odŭsseús, “Odysseus”) + -ιᾰ (-iă).