The Odyssey has been translated into ancient dialects.
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 .	Greek	Hellenic civilization	Aeolic Greek	Aeolic Greek	Ionic Greek	Ionic Greek	Ancient Greek dialects	Ancient Greek dialects	dactylic hexameter	dactylic hexameter
