It's a story so tied to adventure that its name means journey in English: Homer's Odyssey. The story follows on the heels of the Iliad as Odysseus, the cleverest of the Achaean generals, finds his way home. Along the way are some of the most famous encounters in literary history with monsters, deities, and men. But for all that the story lives on in our culture, why does it? What can we still learn from the man of many turns? (Note: a free copy of the Odyssey translated by Samuel Butler can be found here from Project Gutenberg.)

Intro/Outro music by Cooper Cannell