Odysseus movie

Ulysses is the Latin name for Odysseus, a legendary Greek hero recognized for his intelligence and cunning. He is famous for his long, adventurous journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, as narrated in Homer's Odyssey.

Ulysses may also refer to:

People

Places in the United States

Arts and entertainment

Literature

• "Ulysses" (poem), by Alfred Lord Tennyson
• Ulysses (play), a 1705 play by Nicholas Rowe
• Ulysses, a 1902 play by Stephen Phillips
• Ulysses (novel), by James Joyce
• HMS Ulysses (novel), by Alistair Maclean
• Ulysses (comics), two members of a fictional group in the Marvel Comics universe
• Ulysses Klaue, a character in Marvel comic books
• Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight, a light novel

Film and television

Music

• Ulysse (Rebel), a 1703 French opera by Jean-Fery Rebel
• Ulisse, a 1968 Italian opera by Luigi Dallapiccola
• Ulysses, a 1947 English-language cantata by Mátyás Seiber
• Ulysses (American band), an American indie rock band
• Ulysses (German band), a German progre
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  Who is Ulysses?

  Ulysses is the hero of the Odyssey, written by the Greek poet Homer in the 8^th century BC.

  He is a figure from Greek mythology, which tells stories about war between humans and the gods.

  In ancient times, the Greeks believed these historic epic poems.

  Did Ulysses really exist?

  No, because mythology is a collection of legends.

  Ulysses is famous for having had the idea, during the Trojan War, to hide inside a giant wooden horse with his army to attack the Trojans by surprise.

  The Odyssey recounts his adventures on the way home to Ithaca, where he was king, and where his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus were waiting.

  The god Poseidon does everything to stop Ulysses from getting home because he had blinded his son Polyphemus, the Cyclops.

  Ulysses sailed around the Mediterranean Sea and overcame many dangers: he met the beautiful witch Circe, who turned his sailors into swine…

  During all these years, many men want to marry Penelope. She promises her suitors that she will marry when she has finished her weaving, which she unpicks every night.

  But she is

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  The legendary story of Odysseus

  The word Odyssey has come to mean a journey of epic proportions. The word comes from Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, written in the 8th century BC and it is a sequel to Homer's other epic poem, The Iliad, which describes the last days of the great Trojan War. The Odyssey speaks of Odysseus' adventures that delay by a decade the return to his beloved homeland, Ithaca.

  The Odyssey was probably a popular story transmitted down the generations orally, with Homer writing down the story in one narrative. The story is told by Homer in a flashback format and narrates the legendary journey of king Odysseus to return home, to his palace and family, after the Trojan War had ended.

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  Odysseus, a legendary man

  According to Homer, Laertes and Anticleia were the parents of Odysseus. He was married to Penelope and they gave birth to a son, Telemachus. Odysseus was often called "Odysseus the Cunning" because of his clever and quick mind. Autolycus, his grandfather, was a famous skilled thief in the Peloponnese. The Romans transf