In what way is The Odysseus an epic?

A story written by a greek slave named Homer (who is depicted in the story as Tiresias the blind prophet)

The story is a 2 parter that starts of with the "Odyssey" which is when homer is gone to war in troy for 10 years and then after hes won the war he spits into the ocean cursing the gods saying "I don't need you!". Poseidon gets mad and curses him for another 10 years. Where he meets:

- The Lotus-Eater

- The Cyclops

- Aeoula in Aeolus Island

- The land of the Laestrygonians (Cannibal Race)

- The sorceress goddess Circe (which turns everyone except odysseus into swines [pig] )

- The land of the dead [Erebus and Hades] [and Tiresias]

Then the second part begins in "The Illiad" - Which is when he gets home and kills the suitors that have been messing with the kingdom and his son. Oddyseus gains his kingdom back, his wife and son, and the curse is broken.

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