Nostos

Nostos (Ancient Greek: νόστος) is an epic whose subject matter is designated to be a story about the homecoming or return of a soldier is called a Nostos. The most famous example of one is Homer's The Odyssey which tells the story of Odysseus attempting to return back to his home in Ithaca.^[1]

Nostos Media

Figure riding a sea turtle, probably depicting an ancient Greek fable similar to Odysseus' Return to the Homeland (Nostos)

References

↑ Malkin, Irad (1998). The Returns of Odysseus: Colonization and Ethnicity, pp. 1-3. University of California Press. ISBN 0520920260

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[1] Malkin, Irad (1998). The Returns of Odysseus: Colonization and Ethnicity, pp. 1-3. University of California Press. ISBN 0520920260

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