<P> Son of Laërtes and Anticlea , husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus , Odysseus is renowned for his intellectual brilliance , guile , and versatility ( polytropos ) , and is thus known by the epithet Odysseus the Cunning ( Greek : μῆτις or mētis , `` cunning intelligence '' ) . He is most famous for his nostos or `` homecoming '' , which took him ten eventful years after the decade - long Trojan War . </P>
<P> Son of Laërtes and Anticlea , husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus , Odysseus is renowned for his intellectual brilliance , guile , and versatility ( polytropos ) , and is thus known by the epithet Odysseus the Cunning ( Greek : μῆτις or mētis , `` cunning intelligence '' ) . He is most famous for his nostos or `` homecoming '' , which took him ten eventful years after the decade - long Trojan War . </P>
how many years did it take for odysseus to get home
how many years did it take for odysseus to get home
ten
ten