“Heaven has appointed us dwellers on earth a time for all things.� A fundamental piece of work in the modern Western canon, the Odyssey by Homer is considered one of the greatest epics of all times. The book revolves around the Greek hero, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his ten-year journey to home after the fall of the city of Troy. Odysseus encounters divine and natural forces during his journey while his wife and son fend off suitors jostling for Ithaca's throne. Nearly three thousand years after it was composed, the Odyssey remains one of the most celebrated and widely read stories ever told.