Odysseus
Meanings
name
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad, and protagonist of the Odyssey.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús). Doublet of Ulysses.
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