The Odyssey is a classic tale that takes us through a time period post- Trojan War and the Fall of Troy. Odysseus, being one of the war heroes, has still not returned to his kingdom, Ithaca. Believed to be dead, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of rebellious suitors. Nearly three thousand years after its composition, the Odyssey indeed is an evocation of Homer's renewal of myths and legends narrated in this rare classic. Homer is known to have penned the first known literature of Europe. He is honored as one of the greatest of the ancient Greek epic poets and is associated with the enduring epic tales of the Illiad and the Odyssey. Putting forward an important part of Greek culture, he is truly regarded as one of the greatest and most influential writers of all time.