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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 Solver
Education	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 Scylla

Relationships

Relationship status

Married to Penelope
Flings with Circe and Calypso (oops)

Favorites

TV Shows	Battlestar Galactica
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 Pascal
Books	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 Denver
Movies	O Brother, Where Art Thou? Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Cast Away Thor Spirited Away Forrest Gump The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Activities & Interests

Likes	Cruise Ships Homecoming April Fools Day Poker Chess Tournaments Masquerades
Interests	Diplomacy Strategery Epic Adventure Underworld Exploration
Groups	Chess Players of the World Underworld Explorers Puzzle Solvers Masters of Disguise

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