Odysseus

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Greek Mythology

Scripts Ὀδυσσεύς(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /o.dys.seú̯s/(Classical Greek) /oʊ.ˈdɪs.i.əs/(English)

Meaning & History

Perhaps derived from Greek ὀδύσσομαι (odyssomai) meaning "to hate". In Greek legend Odysseus was one of the Greek heroes who fought in the Trojan War. In the Odyssey Homer relates Odysseus's misadventures on his way back to his kingdom and his wife Penelope.