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Study Guide
Odysseus (Ulysses) Sightings
Sightings
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 - Dec 20, 2019
The Odyssey by Homer
This epic poem is all Odysseus all the time.
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.