Dictionary entry

Odyssey

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Od″ys‐sey (ŏd″ĭs‐sy̆), n. [L. Odyssea, Gr. Οδὔσσεια, fr. Οδυσσεὔσ Ulysses: cf. F. Odyssée.] An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.