Is The Odyssey based on a true story?
Is The Odyssey based on a true story? The obvious conclusion is that The Odyssey is an amalgam of real and fictional characters. As is often the case in fiction, it seems that Homer was not just telling stories but reflecting events and characters that existed in ancient Greece. Who is Odysseus wife? Penelope Penelope, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Icarius of Sparta and the nymph Periboea and wife of the hero Odysseus. They had one son, Telemachus. Who took Odysseus in Trojan War? One of the suitors of Helen, Odysseus was obliged to join the Trojan expedition –...