The Odyssey Timeline By JoLynne 1184 BCE Trojan War This date is approximate 1174 BCE Odysseus returns home from The Trojan War This date is approximate 800 BCE Homer composes his epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey Date approximate 760 BCE Invention of Greek alphabet Date approximate 537 BCE Standard text of The Odyssey set by Athenian tyrant Peisistratos Date approximate 250 BCE Earliest known papyrus fragments of The Odyssey Date approximate 1000 Oldest known complete manuscript of The Odyssey Date approximate 1488 Oldest known printed manuscript of The Odyssey Date not exact 1616 First English translation 2010 Graphic novel by Gareth Hinds Oct 24, 2017 KCA freshman English students read The Odyssey
