| | <small>''[[Ulysses]] redirects here. For the novel of that name, see [[Ulysses (novel)]].</small> | | <small>''[[Ulysses]] redirects here. For the novel of that name, see [[Ulysses (novel)]].</small> |
| − | '''Odysseus''' ([[Greek]]: Ὀδυσσεύς, [[Latin]] version: ''Ulyssēs'' or ''Ulixēs'', therefore known as ''Ulysses'' in [[English]], too) is the hero of [[the Odyssey]], an [[epic poem]] by the [[Greece|Greek]] [[poet]] [[Homer]]. Supposedly [[blind]], Homer is said to have put to paper, perhaps through an intermediary, the ancient epic poem, which had been previously passed along only by [[oral tradition]]. | + | '''Odysseus''' ([[Greek]]: Ὀδυσσεύς, [[Latin]] version: ''Ulyssēs'' or ''Ulixēs'', therefore known as ''Ulysses'' in [[English]], too) is the hero of [[the Odyssey]], an epic poem by the [[Greece|Greek]] [[poet]] [[Homer]]. Supposedly [[blind]], Homer is said to have put to paper, perhaps through an intermediary, the ancient epic poem, which had been previously passed along only by [[oral tradition]]. |
| | Among the Greek kings who fought in the [[Trojan War]], Odysseus is known for his cunning - the famous Trojan Horse was his idea, and Homer often gives him the epithet 'of many wiles'. However, cunning is not his only weapon. In the Odyssey in particular, Odysseus is physically much stronger than an ordinary man, and is the only man strong enough to use the bow with which he fights off [[Penelope]]'s suitors on his arrival in Ithaca. | | Among the Greek kings who fought in the [[Trojan War]], Odysseus is known for his cunning - the famous Trojan Horse was his idea, and Homer often gives him the epithet 'of many wiles'. However, cunning is not his only weapon. In the Odyssey in particular, Odysseus is physically much stronger than an ordinary man, and is the only man strong enough to use the bow with which he fights off [[Penelope]]'s suitors on his arrival in Ithaca. |