The Odyssey is a readable shard in Cyberpunk 2077. It contains an excerpt from the ancient Greek epic poem The Odyssey purportedly written by Homer.
Transcript
THE ODYSSEY
Say what thy birth, and what the name you bore, Imposed by parents in the natal hour? (For from the natal hour distinctive names, One common right, the great and lowly claims:) Say from what city, from what regions tossed, And what inhabitants those regions boast? So shalt thou instant reach the realm assigned, In wondrous ships, self-moved, instinct with mind; No helm secures their course, no pilot guides; Like man intelligent, they plough the tides, Conscious of every coast, and every bay, That lies beneath the sunes all-seeing ray; Though clouds and darkness veil the encumbered sky, Fearless through darkness and through clouds they fly; Though tempests rage, though rolls the swelling main, The seas may roll, the tempests rage in vain; Eeen the stern god that oeer the waves presides, Safe as they pass, and safe repass the tides, With fury burns; while careless they convey Promiscuous every guest to every bay, These ears have heard my royal sire disclose A dreadful story, big with future woes; How Neptune raged, and how, by his command, Firm rooted in a surge a ship should stand A monument of wrath; how mound on mound Should bury these proud towers beneath the ground. But this the gods may frustrate or fulfil, As suits the purpose of the Eternal Will. But say through what waste regions hast thou strayed What customs noted, and what coasts surveyed; Possessed by wild barbarians fierce in arms, Or men whose bosom tender pity warms? Say why the fate of Troy awaked thy cares, Why heaved thy bosom, and why flowed thy tears? Homer
Acquisition
- Can be found in V's room aboard the Arasaka Orbital Station. Tis location is visited during Where is My Mind?.
- Can be found in the Aldecaldo Camp in Rocky Ridge, Badlands. This location is visited during Ghost Town.
- Can be found inside the VIP room of 7th Hell in Downtown, City Center. This location is visited during Gig: An Inconvenient Killer.