trmichaels
The Odyssey was influenced by literary sources from the Near East. Scholar Martin West has pointed out the many parallels between The Odyssey and The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Odyssey
Influences on The Odyssey
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lasrus
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Both heroes travel to the ends of the earth, even unto the land of the dead.