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The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia, pronounced [o.dýs.sej.ja] in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancientGreek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia.[2]
The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War.In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres (Greek:Μνηστῆρες) or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage.
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Vocabulary
2.nurture:養育，鼓勵
3.final destination:最終目的地
4.fate:命運，註定
5.fatal woman:致命女性
6.chieftains:首領，酋長
7.hubris:狂妄自大
8.greek postal stamp:希臘郵政郵票
9.virgil:維吉爾（古羅馬詩人）
10.vergil:弗吉爾(古羅馬詩人)
11.verify:核實，查證
12.virtual:虛擬的，事實上的（但未在名義上或正式或承認)
13.hero:英雄
14.nero:尼祿（古羅馬暴君）
15.zero:零點，零度
16.paragraph:段落
17.parallel:平行線
18.graphic:圖表，繪畫似的
19.paradox:自相矛盾的人或事
20.parachute:降落傘
21.dictates:規定，命令
22.parasol:陽傘
23.dictator:獨裁者，命令者
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