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Odyssey

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a long, eventful journey or experience
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Stage 1 of 2
Odysseia
Greek · c. 700 BC
"the epic tale of Odysseus's journey"
Homer's epic poem about the hero Odysseus's long journey home
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Stage 2 of 2
odyssey
English · 1800s
"a long, eventful journey"
generalized to mean any long, eventful journey
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