Odysseus

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Greek hero Homeric character epic poetry character king mythological hero

Odysseus is the cunning Greek hero and king of Ithaca renowned for his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War as depicted in ancient epic poetry.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
King Odysseus of Ithaca 1
Odysseas 1
Odysseus as beggar 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek hero ⓘ
Homeric character ⓘ
epic poetry character ⓘ
king ⓘ
mythological hero ⓘ
associatedWith Epic Cycle ⓘ
Journey from Troy to Ithaca ⓘ
Nostoi (Returns) ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: The Iliad

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: The Odyssey

Trojan War ⓘ
child Telemachus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greece ⓘ
creator Homer ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
encounters Charybdis ⓘ
Laestrygonians ⓘ
Lotus-Eaters ⓘ
Polyphemus ⓘ
Scylla ⓘ
Shades in the Underworld ⓘ
the Sirens ⓘ
surface form: Sirens
enemy Poseidon ⓘ
epithet much-enduring ⓘ
polymetis ⓘ
polytropos ⓘ
father Laertes ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfDepictions epic poetry ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
grandfather Autolycus ⓘ
home Ithaca ⓘ
languageOfSources Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryWork Ajax (Sophocles) ⓘ
Hecuba (Euripides) ⓘ
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
Philoctetes (Sophocles) ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: The Iliad

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: The Odyssey

Trojan Women (Euripides) ⓘ
lover Calypso ⓘ
Circe ⓘ
mother Anticlea ⓘ
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
notableAction blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus ⓘ
devised the Trojan Horse plan ⓘ
resisted the Sirens with wax in sailors’ ears ⓘ
returned to Ithaca after many years ⓘ
slew the suitors of Penelope ⓘ
notableFor cunning ⓘ
eloquence ⓘ
long journey home after the Trojan War ⓘ
role in the Trojan Horse stratagem ⓘ
strategic intelligence ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
warrior ⓘ
participatedIn Trojan War ⓘ
patronDeity Athena ⓘ
positionHeld King of Ithaca ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
romanName James Joyce's Ulysses ⓘ
surface form: Ulysses
sideInConflict Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Achaeans
spouse Penelope ⓘ
symbolizes cunning intelligence ⓘ
endurance ⓘ
nostos (homecoming) ⓘ
timeInMyth age of heroes ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penelope → spouse → Odysseus ⓘ
Polyphemus → trickedBy → Odysseus ⓘ
Eumaeus → unknowinglyHosts → Odysseus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odysseus as beggar
Ogygia → visitedBy → Odysseus ⓘ