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Re: Odisseas.

by Marija Luminitsa

10/29/2007, 5:31 PM

Just from poking around a bit online and my fair Greek name knowledge, Odisseas is probably just an alternate transcription of Odysseas, which I would almost guarantee is the modern form of Odysseus.

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- Christo (guest) +1

10/30/2007, 1:25 AM

Marija is right.

Odysseus is the ancient Greek nominative form. The accusative form Odyssea has survived in modern Greek and has been the base for the new nominative form: Odisseas.

- Pavlos (guest)

10/31/2007, 3:54 AM

Spot-on, Christo!

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