It continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. Many scholars believe that the original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic poet/singer), perhaps a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended to be heard than read.[2] The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a poetic dialect of Greek—a literary amalgam of Aeolic Greek, Ionic Greek, and other Ancient Greek dialects—and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter.[4][5] Among the most noteworthy elements of the text are its non-linear plot, and the influence on events of choices made by women and serfs, besides the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage.
The Odyssey has a lost sequel, the Telegony, which was not written by Homer. It was usually attributed in antiquity to Cinaethon of Sparta. In one source, the Telegony was said to have been stolen from Musaeus by Eugamon or Eugammon of Cyrene (see Cyclic poets).
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1.penelope's weaving:佩內洛普的編織
2. suitor:起訴者
3.disguise:偽裝，掩飾
4.Argos: 阿哥斯(希臘東南-古城)
5.Argos peacock:阿哥斯孔雀
:6.Hera:赫拉(主神宙斯之妻)
7.heifer:小母牛
8.hermes:赫爾墨斯(希臘神話人物)
9.mephistopheles:梅菲斯特
10.nymphomaniac:女色情狂，花癡
11.Ithaca：伊薩卡島(希臘西部愛奧尼亞海中群島之一)
12.cassandra:卡珊德拉(希臘神話人物)
13.predict:預言，預知
14.praphetess:女預言家
15.Agamemnon:阿伽門農(特洛伊戰爭中希臘軍隊的統帥)
16.Achilles:阿基里斯
17.Electra:厄勒克特拉(希臘神話)
18.Oedipus :俄狄浦斯(希臘神話人物)
19.Plotted:標繪，策劃
