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Article: Cover story - Fantastic voyage. A story told by the poet Homer created a mystery that has taken 3,000 years to solve. Completion of this puzzle could have far-reaching implications for business management.(Cover story)
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- October 13, 2005
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Byline: Andrew Sawers.
Mediterranean Sea, c1200BC: Fresh from his exploits in Troy, Odysseus, the hero of Homer's Iliad, heads for home and to his kingdom on the Greek island of Ithaca.
But Homer, the greatest story-teller of this particular millennium, has other plans for him. Odysseus attacks and blinds a Cyclops and is taken prisoner by the nymph Calypso who has fallen in love with him. His wife, Penelope, has scores of suitors who want to marry her so they can become king of Ithaca. The god Poseidon thwarts almost every effort by Odysseus to go home. It is ten years before he finally returns to Ithaca, takes the long path from the southeast-facing ...
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