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The Odyssey: Homecoming, fate and mythic conflict

Attributed to Homer, The Odyssey follows Odysseus’s ten-year struggle to return to Ithaca. The epic focuses on homecoming and the tension between free will and predetermined fate. Gods, monsters and legendary encounters drive much of the story’s action.

• Homecoming is the central theme
• Conflict between free will and destiny
• Frequent divine and monstrous interventions
• Odysseus’s cunning shapes the decade-long journey