The Odyssey is the story of Homer's epic of Odysseus's struggle for more than 10 years to return home to his wife after the Trojan War. While Odysseus battles mystical creatures and faces the wrath of all the gods, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus chase away the raunchy suitors vying for the hand of Penelope and the throne of Ithaca's reign long enough for Odysseus to return. .