Premise: The Odyssey '' ' ( [ ˈɒdəsi ] Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia , [ o.dýs.sej.ja ] in Classical Attic ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer . The Odyssey continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world . The Odyssey was written in a poetic dialect of Greek -- a literary amalgam of Aeolic Greek , Ionic Greek , and other Ancient Greek dialects -- and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter .
Hypothesis: The Odyssey was originally in Sanskrit.
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