Greece · Folktales and oral traditions
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Greece
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- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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In Book IX of the Odyssey, a name changes how those outside a cave interpret what they hear. Odysseus introduces himself as Nobody. The Atlas brings the escape that begins with this wordplay into comparison with the cave scene in the Dede Korkut story of Tepegöz.
Tales in the Atlas
Odysseus and Polyphemus
c. 8th–7th century BCE · Homer · Odyssey, IX
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