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The Odyssey

Odysseus' ten-year voyage home through monsters and temptation.

  1. 01

    odyssey (word)

    a long and difficult journey that is full of adventures and changes — it can be a physical trip or a personal experience.

    the ten-year voyage itself

  2. 02

    mentor (word)

    a person who gives advice and help to someone with less experience, especially at work or school.

    the guide left behind

  3. 03

    between Scylla and Charybdis (idiom)

    Caught between two dangers, where avoiding one forces you closer to the other.

    trapped between two deaths

  4. 04

    to outwit the Cyclops (idiom)

    To defeat a much stronger opponent by using cleverness rather than force.

    escaping the one-eyed giant

  5. 05

    siren song (idiom)

    An appeal that is powerfully tempting but leads to ruin.

    the song that lures to ruin

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    the patience of Penelope (idiom)

    Great loyalty and patience shown by someone who waits faithfully for a long time.

    the wife who waited

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