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The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent poem, is not much of a story.

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey.

The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.

I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog.

'The Odyssey' is the great tale, and I was really taken by 'The Iliad,' so I dig into those things, and when I was a kid I didn't. You've gotta have a certain level of understanding yourself before that stuff really starts to resonate.

The odyssey is not going out and seeing the world: it's about trying to get home. It's home to the woman you love.

There are very few films that work like a novel.

The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality.

One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.