The epic The Odyssey, written by Homer, is what philosophers call “canonical” or “classic” pieces of literature due to its prevalent lessons and moral displayed between the two main characters, ...

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The Sinodun Players present The Penelopiad Corn Exchange, WallingfordTuesday, May 20 THE latest production from the Sinodun Players is an extraordinary piece of theatre. With a staggeringly talented ...

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hounded by suitors vying to be king and planning the death of Telemachus, the son he never knew. Shattered by his experience of war, Odysseus must rediscover his strength in order to win back all ...

Odysseus slays the suitors in his palace and returns to his beloved wife, Penelope, who waited for him for twenty years. Credit: Painting by Jean Alaux (1812) Public Domain When Penelope and Odysseus ...

Odysseus’s long-suffering wife, who is fending off suitors back in Ithaca (“Coming Home”). Odysseus and his crew set off, assuming smooth sailing. But adventure and calamity are in store. Poseidon ...