In what way is the odyssey an epic?

a. it features characters who make mistakes.
b. it involves a long journey over land or sea.
c. its plot centers around a hero and his lost lover.
d. it involves many supernatural events that can't be explained.

It involves a long journey over land or sea.

Further Explanation:

An Odyssey is a long poem in a narrative form which involves a time beyond living memory which took place by the doings of extraordinary men and women with respect to the dealings with the Gods or other ‘superhuman forces’ and these narratives give moral universe for descendants by the port to his audience in order to give them understanding of the people or the nation. It also involves a long journey over land or sea.

The longest form of Odyssey ever written in the ancient Mahabharata and it consisted of 100,000 slokas along with over 200, 000 verse lines and it consisted of 1.8 million words which are approximately four times the length of Ramayana.  

Other examples of Odyssey include Epic of Gilgamesh as well as Tamil epic, Silappatikaram, and Persian Shahnameh.  

Learn More:

1.Under the articles of confederation, if Virginia had ten thousand citizens and Delaware had five thousand citizens, how many votes would each state have in the legislature?

2.Which of the following was a religious movement at the turn of the twentieth century that sought justice for the less fortunate?

Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Odyssey

Subject: English

Keywords:

Odyssey, Extraordinary, Memory, Women, Understanding, Nation, Longest form, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Roughly.  

B. It involves a long journey over land or sea.

Explanation: