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Above the title to the Prologue, Daniel James Brown references a quote from Homer: “But I desire and I long every day to go home and to look upon the day of my return…for already I have suffered and labored at so many things on the waves.”

This quote comes from Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey.

Learn more about Homer and the Odyssey in the video below.

Have you read either of Homer's epic poems?