Odysseus
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- proper noun
- /əˈdɪsiəs/
- Literature
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Odiseo
- Preparing to leave for the Trojan War, Odysseus entrusted the care of his son, Telemachus, to Mentor.
- Odysseus and Circe
- Odysseus's return to Ithaca
- Odysseus' adventures
Ajax is a guy who's mad as hell at Odysseus and tries to kill him.
- Ajax is a guy who's mad as hell at Odysseus and tries to kill him.
- If you think about the Odyssey and Odysseus as he's on his journey, we, we people forget about this.
- And then I realized it was the travails of Odysseus trying to get back to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- Agamemnon, Achilles, Odysseus to a certain degree, right?
- And then, you know, beside him is angry with Odysseus, the entire Odyssey.
- And so Odysseus wants to find out the circumstances of his death.
- The character in Odysseus is super interesting to me and probably my favorite character.
- Like Romer Bearden asking Odysseus, Who are my we inside Twombley asking Achilles, why are we still you?
Examples
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You have done me a great deed, Odysseus, King of Ithaca.
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And then I realized it was the travails of Odysseus trying to get back to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
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Our King Odysseus was there.
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"Odysseus had no sense of direction."
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With the entry of Odysseus, the character of the book changed in a number of ways.
Academic text (1998) -
In the Odyssey, Odysseus has reason to go down to Hades.
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The Trojan War had called Odysseus, a distinguished and kingly warrior, off to battle.
Academic text (2005) -
The suitors in The Odyssey are referred to as swine, consuming the goods of Odysseus in his absence.
Academic text (1997) -
The figure of Odysseus pervades Frisch's novel, as does the Odysseus motif of the homecoming.
Academic text (1993) -
In the epic tale, Odysseus faced numerous challenges on his journey home from the Trojan War.
Synonyms
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Roman name for Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca and hero of the Odyssey
Surface Forms
Etymology
Odysseus comes from ancient Greek and gave us the word odyssey, which means 'a long journey'. A helpful way to remember the name is that it is also linked to an old Greek verb meaning 'to hate' or 'to cause trouble', so Odysseus suggests a clever man with many troubles and long travels.