The closing chapters of Homer’s Odyssey were the source for the opera regarded as the crowning achievement of composer Claudio Monteverdi: The Return of Ulysses. The Trojan War is over.After 10 years, Ulysses has finally made his way back to his palace in Ithaca; not in triumph but disguised as a beggar.
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