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odyssey

[od-uh-see] / ˈɒd ə si /


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The EU says a primitive form of feta is mentioned in the Odyssey, when the hero of the ancient epic takes cheese from the cave of the cyclops Polyphemus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Baer designed the Magnavox Odyssey, the earliest home videogame console, developed in 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Enrollment at Odyssey Charter Schools’ two campuses — which included elementary and middle-school grades — had been growing before the fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

They climbed back aboard the Odyssey and prayed the heat shield had not been damaged.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

The Greeks were not afraid of the dead—“the piteous dead,” the Odyssey calls them.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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