Imagine what it was like to live in ancient Greece. Every aspect of their lives back then was different from today. This includes everything from their food to their culture and language. The lives of the ancient Greeks can be seen in the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer. Homer was a Greek bard. The Odyssey tells the story of an epic hero, Odysseus, and his journey home. The Odyssey is believed to have been written after the time period in which it takes place, but it is still very accurate. The ancient Greeks' methods of travel gave rise to ours, and their sports were the start of them all. The Greeks believed in many gods and were keen on weapons. Although it is a work of fiction, The Odyssey represents the culture of ancient Greece as it shows their means of transportation, athletics, weapons, and their belief in Athena and Poseidon. Fashions of travel in ancient Greece can be seen in The Odyssey. for Odysseus and Telemakhos travel from place to place by sea. The most common method of travel used in ancient Greece was by sail. The best winds to capture for sailing are the winds that come from the sides or from behind. If there is no wind or if the winds come from the wrong direction, then they are unable to move ("Transport and Travel"). The Greeks overcame this wind problem by using galleys, which are "ships powered by human rowers as well as sails." Thanks to the rowers, the galleys did not have to depend solely on the wind. [….] But when the wind fell or blew in the wrong direction, the rowers took out their oars and the ship could continue its journey” (“Transport and Voyage”). As with all things, sea travel has its drawbacks. They could only travel between late spring and early fall. T...... middle of paper ......illan Reference USA, 2005. 586-588. World history in context. Internet. November 25, 2013. “Games, Greek”. Ancient Greece and Rome: an encyclopedia for students. Ed. Carroll Moulton. Flight. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. 81-83. World history in context. Internet. November 25, 2013. Gardner, Barbara. “Poseidon.” Oceania-Poseidon. Ed. C.Scott Littleton. Flight. 8. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2005. Print.Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fitzgerald. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. Print. “Transport and travel”. Ancient Greece and Rome: an encyclopedia for students. Ed. Carroll Moulton. Flight. 4. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. 105-107. World history in context. Internet. November 25, 2013. “Weapons.” Eras of the world. Ed. John T. Kirby. Flight. 6: Classical Greek civilization, 800-323 BCE Detroit: Gale Group, 2001. 196-197. World history in context. Internet. November 26. 2013.