<P> The Odyssey begins ten years after the end of the ten - year Trojan War ( the subject of the Iliad ) , and Odysseus has still not returned home from the war . Odysseus ' son Telemachus is about 20 years old and is sharing his absent father 's house on the island of Ithaca with his mother Penelope and a crowd of 108 boisterous young men , `` the Suitors '' , whose aim is to persuade Penelope to marry one of them , all the while reveling in Odysseus ' palace and eating up his wealth . </P>
<P> The Odyssey begins ten years after the end of the ten - year Trojan War ( the subject of the Iliad ) , and Odysseus has still not returned home from the war . Odysseus ' son Telemachus is about 20 years old and is sharing his absent father 's house on the island of Ithaca with his mother Penelope and a crowd of 108 boisterous young men , `` the Suitors '' , whose aim is to persuade Penelope to marry one of them , all the while reveling in Odysseus ' palace and eating up his wealth . </P>
when did the events in the odyssey take place
when did the events in the odyssey take place
begins ten years after the end of the ten - year Trojan War
begins ten years after the end of the ten - year Trojan War