Akram Bosak - M.A. Student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran,
Farzaneh Yousef Ghanbari - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran

The story of Samak-e Ayyar and Homer's Odyssey are among epic works of world literature the former of which originated in the East and the latter in the West. Despite spatial and temporal distance, there are many differences and similarities in these two works in regard with the content of each as well as their characters, making their comparison and reflection on them possible

Samak-e Ayyar, Siavash, Homer's Odyssey, epic works