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    • The Incredible Voyage of Ulysses

    Bimba Landmann

    After defeating the Trojans in an intense, ten-year war, the Greeks’ courageous leader, Ulysses, king of Ithaca, begins the voyage home with his soldiers. There his faithful wife, Penelope, and his young son, Telemachus, await him. Ulysses never imagines that the journey home will be another ten-year quest in which he must confront all kinds of terrifying obstacles, including giant cannibals, one-eyed monsters, an enchantress who turns his men into pigs, and the tempting song of seas nymphs who try to lure him and his men to their death. But Ulysses is a daring and clever man, willing to take on all that life and the gods put in his path in order to reach his home.

    This retelling of the Greek poet Homer’s epic tale is accompanied by beautiful and bold illustrations reminiscent of ancient Greek art. The graphic-novel-like style of the book, in which text and illustrations are tightly interwoven, creates a compelling world filled with drama and mystery certain to draw in young readers.

    Interest Level: Ages 9-12 | Lexile® measure: 490L | Genre: Picture book, graphic novel
    Theme: Classical mythology, Greek epic.

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    Odysseus

    （Ὀδυσσεύς), or, as the Latin writers call him, Ulysses, Ulyxesor Ulixes, one of the principal Greek heroes in the Trojan war. According to the Homeric account, he was the grandson of Arcesius, and a son of Laertes and Anticleia, the daughter of Autolycus, and brother of Ctimene. He was married to Penelope, the daughter of Icarius, by whom he became the father of Telemachus. (Od. 1.329, 11.85, 15.362, 16.118, &c.) But according to a later tradition he was a son of Sisyphus and Anticleia, who, when with child by Sisyphus, was married to Laertes, and thus gave birth to him either after her arrival in Ithaca, or on her way thither. (Soph. Phil. 417, with the Schol., Ajax,190; Ov. Met. 13.32, Ars Am.3.313; Plut. Quaest. Graec.43 ; comp. Hom. Il. 3.201.) Later traditions further state that besides Telemachus, Arcesilaus or Ptoliporthus was likewise a son of his by Penelope ; and that further, by Circe he became the father of Agrius, Latinus, Telegonus and Cassiphone, and by Calypso of Nausithous and Nausinous or Auson, Telegonus and Teledamus, and lastly by Euippe of Leontophron, Doryclus or Euryalus. (Hes. Th. 1013, &c.; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1796; Schol. ad Lycophr.795; Parthen. Erot.3; Paus. 8.12.3; Serv. ad Aen. 3.171.) According to an Italian tradition Odysseus was by Circe the father of Remus, Antias and Ardeas. (Dionys. A. R. 1.72.) The name Odysseus is said to signify the angry(Hom. Od. 19.406, &c.), and among the Tyrrhenians he is said to have been called Nanus or Nannus. (Tzetz. ad Lycophr.1244.)When Odysseus was a young man, he went to see his grandfather Autolycus near the foot of Mount Parnassus. There, while engaged in the chase, he was wounded by a boar in his knee, by the scar of which he was subsequently recognized by Eurycleia. Laden with rich presents he returned from the palace of his grandfather to Ithaca. (Hom. Od. 19.413, &c.) Even at that age he is described as distinguished for

    Odysseus

    Legendary Greek king of Ithaca

    For other uses, see Odysseus (disambiguation).See also: Ulysses

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    Odysseus

    Head of Odysseus from a Roman period Hellenistic marble group representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus, found at the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga, Italy

    TitleKing of Ithaca
    SpousePenelope
    ChildrenTelemachus, Telegonus, Cassiphone, Agrius, Anteias, Ardeas, Rhomos, Poliporthes, Latinus, Nausinous, Nausithous, Euryalus
    RelativesLaertes (father)
    Anticlea (mother)
    Ctimene (sister)
    NationalityGreek

    In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus (ə-DISS-ee-əs;Ancient Greek: Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, romanized: Odysseús, Odyseús, IPA:[o.dy(s).sěu̯s]), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (yoo-LISS-eez, YOO-liss-eez; Latin: Ulysses, Ulixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in that same epic cycle.

    As the son of Laërtes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus, Acusilaus, and Telegonus, Odysseus is renowned for his intellectual brilliance, guile, and versatility (polytropos), and he is thus known by the epithet Odysseus the Cunning (Ancient Greek: μῆτις, romanized: mêtis, lit. 'cunning intelligence'). He is most famous for his nostos, or "homecoming", which took him ten eventful years after the decade-long Trojan War.

    Name, etymology, and epithets

    The form Ὀδυσ(σ)εύςOdys(s)eus is used starting in the epic period and through the classical period, but various other forms are also found. In vase inscriptions, there are the variants Oliseus (Ὀλισεύς), Olyseus (Ὀλυσεύς), Olysseus (Ὀλυσσεύς), Olyteus (Ὀλυτεύς), Olytteus (Ὀλυττεύς) and Ōlysseus (Ὠλυσσεύς). The form Oulixēs (Οὐλίξης) is attested in an early source in Magna Graecia (Ibycus,

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    • Ulysses

    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:

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    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 progressive rock band
    • Ulysses (EP), by Shimamiya Eiko, 2005
    • "Ulysses" (song), by Franz Ferdinand, 2008
    • "Ullyses", a song by Dead Can Dance from the 1988 album The Serpent's Egg

    Video games

    • Ulysses 1994XF04, a fictional asteroid in the video game Ace Combat
    • Ulysses, an assumed name of the antagonist of the Fallout: New Vegas expansion Lonesome Road

    Science and technology

    For vehicles, see § Vehicles.

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