Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Odysseus
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Greek
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English
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- (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey
Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).
- A male given name from Ancient Greek
- (Greek mythology) 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.