Aim. From the perspective of educational and instructional work with children and youth, both at school and at home, the cultural and publishing events premiering in July 2026 may carry profound significance for human development in the context of fostering numerous competences – ranging from literacy and critical thinking to lifelong learning. The fundamental aim undertaken and pursued within this paper is to create a catalogue of instructional areas for parents and teachers, alongside ideas and solutions for utilizing a nearly three-thousand-year-old text in 21st-century lessons that can become interesting, attractive, and engaging, not only for young people. Methods and materials. For the purposes of this paper, an analysis of the subject literature was conducted, covering the history of pedagogical thought, the latest legal acts regulating the instructional and educational process in the Polish education system, and, above all, the fields of literary studies, translation theory, and social sciences. The selection of texts subjected to analysis stems from an attempt to identify the meaning and presence of Homer’s Odyssey in both historical and contemporary contexts, within education as well as broadly defined culture. Results and conclusion. The outcome of the analysis of primary and secondary literature conducted in the proposed paper will include a catalogue of proposed activities for teachers in the classroom and for parents engaging with children at home. These activities can be initiated and implemented in relation to reading Homer’s Odyssey or viewing its cinematic, theatrical, or musical adaptations.