Odysseus (Ulysses)
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Odysseus, King of Ithaca, was the craftiest of all the Greek heroes. He could definitely kick butt when butt needed kicking, but he had a real knack for persuasion and trickery. Odysseus's quick wits were on full display throughout the Trojan War. And during his long journey home (which we know all about thanks to Homer), Odysseus time and again used his sharp wits and silver tongue to escape danger after danger. You might criticize Odysseus's less than straightforward methods, but for the wily King of Ithaca, the ends always justify the means.
Basic Information
Name Odysseus
Nickname Wily Odysseus, Mr. Sneaky Pants
Sex Male
Current city Elysium, the Underworld
Work & Education
Occupation Intelligent Hero
Creative Problem SolverEducation Hermes' Academy of Cunning and Guile
Beliefs
Political views I support whoever is advantageous at the time
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents Anticlea (Mom)
Laertes (Dad)Children Telemachus (with Penelope)
(and maybe some others…)Friends Athena
Agamemnon (sort of)
Menelaus (sort of)Enemies Poseidon
Polyphemus
The Sirens
ScyllaRelationships
Relationship status Married to Penelope
Flings with Circe and Calypso (oops)Favorites
TV Shows Quotations "The bold are helpless without cleverness."
– Euripides
"The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it."
– Francois de la Rochefoucauld
"Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escaping
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me"
– Simon and Garfunkel
"We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves."
– Blaise PascalBooks Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
"Dream-Land" by Edgar Allan Poe
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Iliad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer (duh)Music Sloop John B by the Beach Boys
Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Fantastic Voyage by Lakeside
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel
Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show
Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terell
Take Me Home, Country Roads by John DenverMovies O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Cast Away
Thor
Spirited Away
Forrest Gump
The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyActivities & Interests
Likes Cruise Ships
Homecoming
April Fools Day
Poker
Chess Tournaments
MasqueradesInterests Diplomacy
Strategery
Epic Adventure
Underworld ExplorationGroups Chess Players of the World
Underworld Explorers
Puzzle Solvers
Masters of DisguiseSpotter's Guide
Odysseus might be pretty hard to spot if he doesn't want you to find him. His reputation for being one of the craftiest heroes is well-earned. We highly recommend you go down to Elysium, the city of the blessed dead, and have a chat with him. He's one of the most famous Greek heroes of all time, and he definitely has stories to tell. You better watch out, though, that silver-tongued devil can charm a snake out of its skin.
Sex: Male
Age: Middle-aged
Build: Lean and muscular
Complexion: Tanned
Hair Color: Brown
Facial Hair: Beard
Scars/marks/tattoos: Battle scars
Jewelry and accessories: None
Clothing: Robes
Armor: The Armor of Achilles (booya)
Type of Weapon: Spear, Sword, Bow and Arrows… and BrainsTypical Companions:
Agamemnon
Menelaus
Achilles
His loyal crew
PenelopeKnown Hangouts:
Troy
The Mediterranean
Ithaca
Chess TournamentsSightings
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
The Iliad by Homer
Odysseus is a man with a plan in Homer's epic recounting of the Trojan War.
Dec 20, 2019
Rheus by Euripides
Sneaky Odysseus helps assassinate the title character in this tragedy.
Dec 20, 2019
Ajax by Sophocles
When Odysseus is awarded the armor of fallen Achilles in this ancient drama, Ajax goes totally haywire.
Hecuba by Euripides
Our hero makes an appearance in this tragedy about the Queen of Troy.
Dec 20, 2019
Philoctetes by Sophocles
This time, Odysseus has to win the help of a man he abandoned on a desert island.
Dec 20, 2019
The Cyclopes by Euripides
In this uniquely surviving satyr play, Euripides turns the story of Odysseus's blinding the cannibalistic Cyclops, Polyphemus, into an R-rated comedy.
Dec 20, 2019
Metamorphoses by Ovid
Odysseus's contest with Ajax and his affair with Circe are given the Roman treatment in Ovid's epic poem.
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
According to Dante, Odysseus belongs in the 8th circle of Hell for his deceiving ways.
Dec 20, 1883
"Ulysses" by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Odysseus decides he's got to go adventuring again in this 19th-century poem.
Dec 20, 1996
"Circe's Power" by Louise Glück
Check out Circe's version of her affair with Odysseus. Yowza.
Dec 20, 1999
Hercules
Odysseus makes a cameo in Disney's animated version of the adventures of young Heracles.
Dec 20, 2019
Marvel Illustrated: The Odyssey
And of course, Marvel's got you covered with their digital comic version of Odysseus's greatest adventure.