Odysseus
n.
hero of the "Odyssey", one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War, king of Ithaca (Greek Mythology)
Odysseus
For other meanings, see
Odysseus (disambiguation) Odysseus or Ulysses (
Greek Odysseus;
Latin: Ulixes or, more commonly, Ulysses),
pronounced , was the
Greek king of
Ithaca and the hero of
Homer's
epic poem, the
Odyssey. Odysseus plays a key role in Homer's
Iliad. King of
Ithaca, husband of
Penelope, father of
Telemachus, and son of
Laërtes and
Anticlea (although there was a tradition that
Sisyphus was his true father), Odysseus is renowned for his guile and resourcefulness (known by the
epithet Odysseus the Cunning, and said to be third to only
Zeus and
Athena in
wisdom (see
mētis, or "cunning
intelligence"), and is most famous for the ten eventful years it took him to return home after the
Trojan War.
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Odysseus
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey
(hypernym) mythical being
(hyponym) Ulysses
(classification) Greek mythology
Odysseus
n.
Odysseus, Ulysses, hero of the "Odyssey", one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War, king of Ithaca (Greek Mythology)
Odysseus
n.
Odysseus, Ulysses, hero of the "Odyssey", one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War, king of Ithaca (Greek Mythology)
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