1. odyssey - Noun
2. Odyssey - Proper noun
An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI think it was lucky that during most of the work on the Odyssey I lived on Homer's sea in houses that were, in one case, shaken by the impact of the Mediterranean winter storms on the rocks below. Robert Fitzgerald
I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel absurd. Allen Ginsberg
That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest. Andrew Wiles
I think it's like that for people who don't remember 1969 first-hand. It's that sense of 'old hat.' Of 'been there, done that.' Space shuttles, space stations, communications satellites, GPS - they're all part of our everyday, taken-for-granted world in 2009, not part of an incredible odyssey. David Weber
The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything. Jon Krakauer
They hear like ocean on a western beach The surge and thunder of the Odyssey. Andrew Lang