The Odyssey in Historical Newspapers
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Chronicling America has old newspaper articles.
- A2
Chronicling America is a database of old newspapers.
- B1
The Chronicling America database has old newspaper clippings about the ancient epic the Odyssey.
- B2
The Chronicling America database features historical newspaper clippings about the ancient epic the Odyssey.
- C1
The Odyssey, an ancient epic poem about the hero Odysseus returning home to Ithaca, has maintained an enduring popularity.
- C2
The ancient epic poem about the hero Odysseus returning home to Ithaca has maintained an enduring popularity, a cultural resonance reflected in centuries of media coverage.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- clipping
- Articles or pictures cut out from a newspaper or magazine
- epic
- A long poem or story about heroes and their adventures
- archive
- A collection of historical documents or records
- retelling
- New versions of an old story told in a different way
- screening
- Events where a film is shown to an audience
- literature
- Written works like novels, plays, and poetry that have artistic value
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Library of Congress: Headlines and Heroes (newspapers). Read the original for the full report.