The
Odyssey (;
Odýsseia, in
Classical Attic) is one of two major ancient
Greek epic poems attributed to
Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the
Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern
Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the
Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in
Ionia, the Greek coastal region of
Anatolia.