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ODYSSEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long wandering and eventful journey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("odyssey" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
epic; epic poem; epos; heroic poem (a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds)