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At the end of Season 1, and midway through their Odyssean journey to America, the now-married couple were separated, forced to make their way to Montana, and each other, on their own.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

Dafydd Iwan's anthem, re-recorded for the tournament with the supplementary voices of Welsh fans, is an Odyssean protest song.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2022

When you think of stories that explore acts of survival, Odyssean journeys, harsh, wild winters, and dystopian landscapes probably come to mind.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2020

For this reason, I came to feel that our not reaching Ithaca may have been the most Odyssean aspect of the whole excursion.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017

But we do not find the Odyssean grammar in Book VIII.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew