The Greek hero Odysseus, in the purple robe at right, tells his tale to the Phaeacians, as a musician plays a lyre.

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Odysseus was the legendary king of Ithaca, and a Greek hero in the great Trojan War, which the Greeks won after 10 long years. On his way home, Odysseus had many adventures, including his stop at the land of the Phaeacians. In this early 1900s illustration, Odysseus, in the purple robe at right, tells his tale to the Phaeacians, as a musician plays a lyre.

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