Odysseus
Ulysses
King of Ithaca. A Suitor of Helen and a combatant in the Trojan War.
Genealogy
Latinus, Leo, Poliporthes, Polypoetes, Telegonus, Telemachus
Groups
Events
- Odysseus feigns madness to avoid going to war
- Palamedes threatens to kill Telemachus to force Odysseus to go to war
- Odysseus frames Palamedes
- Palamedes is killed as a traitor
- Menelaus, Odysseus and Talthybius try to persuade Cinyras to join the war
- Agamemnon sends Odysseus and Talthybius to get Iphigenia
- Odysseus and Menelaus demand the return of Helen
- The Trojans refuse to return Helen to Menelaus and Odysseus
- Emissaries from the Greek army try to persuade Achilles to fight
- The Greeks decide to send Odysseus and Diomedes among the Trojans as spies
- Odysseus and Diomedes sneak into the Trojan camp
- Agamemnon, Diomedes, Odysseus, Eurypylus and Machaon are wounded
- Ajax and Odysseus win the wrestling at Patroclus’ funeral games
- The Greeks and the Trojans fight for possession of Achillles’ body
- Ajax carries Achilles’ body off the battlefield
- Odysseus wins out over Ajax in the competition for Achilles’ arms
- Odysseus tries to persuade Philoctetes to rejoin the Greek forces
- Odysseus tricks Philoctetes into giving him Hercules’ bow and arrow
- Helenus is captured by Odysseus
- Odysseus and Phoenix fetch Neoptolemus
- Odysseus gives Achilles’ armour to Neoptolemus
- Odysseus enters Troy disguised as a beggar
- Odysseus steals the Palladium with Helen’s help
- Odysseus and Diomedes bring the Palladium to the Greeks
- Odysseus suggests that Epeus build the wooden horse
- Odysseus takes Hecuba as a war captive
- Odysseus wanders through Libya
- Odysseus arrives at Ismarus
- Odysseus captures Ismarus
- The Cicones attack Ismarus
- Odysseus flees from Ismarus
- Odysseus arrives in the country of the Lotus-eaters
- Odysseus’ men eat lotus and lose their memory
- Odysseus discovers the effect of the lotus
- Odysseus forcibly removes his men from the land of the Lotus Eaters
- Odysseus arrives at the land of the Cyclopes
- Odysseus goes into Polyphemus’ cave
- Odysseus and his crew eat some of Polyphemus’ flock
- Polyphemus traps Odysseus and his men in his cave
- Polyphemus eats some of Odysseus’ men
- Odysseus get Polyphemus drunk
- Polyphemus asks Odysseus his name, Odysseus claims that his name is ’Nobody’
- Odysseus gouges out Polyphemus’ eye
- Odysseus and his men escape from Polyphemus’ cave
- Odysseus sails away from the island and shouts to Polyphemus that he is Odysseus
- Poseidon is enraged with Odysseus
- Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag which holds the winds
- Odysseus’ men open the bag which holds the winds
- Odysseus is driven back to Aeolia by unfavorable winds
- Aelous refuses to help Odysseus a second time
- Odysseus comes to the land of the Laestrygones
- The king’s daughter takes Odysseus’ companions to king Antiphates
- The Laestrygones attack Odysseus’ ships and crew
- Odysseus arrives at Circe’s island
- Odysseus sends some of his crew to explore Circe’s island
- Eurylochus tells Odysseus about Circe’s transformation of his crew
- Hermes gives Odysseus moly
- Odysseus forces CIrce to change his companions back into human beings
- Odysseus has a relationship with Circe
- Odysseus and Circe have a son
- Odysseus consults Tiresias
- Odysseus encounters souls of the dead
- Odysseus sails past the island of the Sirens
- Odysseus has himself tied to the mast as he sails past the Sirens
- The Sirens die when Odysseus ship passes them safely
- Odysseus chooses whether to go past the Wandering Rocks or Scylla and Charybdis
- Scylla attacks Odysseus’ ship and eats some of his crew
- Odysseus’ crew eat some of Helios’ cattle
- Zeus strikes Odysseus’ ship with a thunderbolt
- Odysseus drifts to Charybdis on some flotsam
- Odysseus drifts to the island of Ogygia
- Calypso receives Odysseus
- Calypso and Odysseus have a son Latinus
- Odysseus leaves Calypso
- Poseidon breaks up Odysseus’ raft
- Odysseus washes up on the shore of the Phaeacians
- Odysseus asks Nausicaa for advice and protection
- Nausicaa brings Odysseus to Alcinous
- Alcinous entertains Odysseus and gives him gifts
- Alcinous sends Odysseus with a convoy to Ithaca
- Odysseus arrives home to Ithaca
- Odysseus encounters Eumaeus
- Odysseus reveals his identity to Telemachus
- Melanthius the goatherd meets Odysseus on his return to Ithaca
- Odysseus returns to his palace in disguise
- Odysseus begs food from Penelope’s suitors
- Odysseus wrestles with Irus
- Odysseus reveals his identity to Eumaeus and Philoetius
- Odysseus devises a trap for Penelope’s suitors
- Iphitus gives a bow to Odysseus
- Odysseus shoots Penelope’s suitors
- Odysseus kills Melanthius
- Odysseus kills the handmaids who had had sex with the suitors
- Odysseus reveals his identity to Penelope
- Odysseus reveals his identity to Laertes
- Odysseus sacrifices to Hades, Persephone and Tiresias
- Odysseus travels through Epirus
- Odysseus arrives among the Thesprotians
- Odysseus propitiates Poseidon
- Callidice offers Odysseus her kingdom
- Odysseus and Callidice marry
- Odysseus rules the Thesprotians
- Odysseus successfully defends the Thesprotians against invaders
- Odysseus gives control of Thesprotia to Polypoetes
- Odysseus returns to Ithaca a second time
- Odysseus meets his son Poliporthes
- Telegonus sails to Ithaca in search of Odysseus
- Telegonus tries to steal some of Odysseus’ cattle
- Telegonus kills Odysseus
- Telegonus recognizes Odysseus’ corpse as his father
- Telegonus takes Penelope with Odysseus’ corpse to Circe
- Odysseus sends Penelope back to her father
- Odysseus kills Penelope for her infidelity
- Neoptolemus judges Odysseus for the murder of Penelope
- Neoptolemus sentences Odysseus to exile
- Odysseus lives at Thoas’ court
- Odysseus marries Thoas’ daughter
- Odysseus and Thoas’ daughter have a son, Leontophonus
- Odysseus dies of old age
- Greek kings compete to marry Helen
- Odysseus suggests that Tyndareus require the suitors of Helen swear an oath to protect Helen’s marriage
- Tyndareus agrees to help Odysseus acquire Penelope as a bride
- Tyndareus asks Icarius to give Penelope to Odysseus
- Odysseus tricks Achilles, disguised as a young women, into breaking character
- Agamemnon discusses his dream message in a meeting with the Greek leaders
- Agamemnon announces his plan to test the Greek army with a false instruction to return home
- Athena tells Odysseus to convince the Greek army to stay and fight in Troy
- Odysseus persuades the Greek army to stay and fight in Troy
- Odysseus reproaches Thersites for his criticism of Agamemnon and beats him
- Odysseus addresses the Greek army in an effort to persuade them to stay at Troy
- The Achaeans see a snake eat nine sparrows then turn into stone
- Agamemnon sacrifices a bull to Zeus
- Agamemnon prays to Zeus that he might kill Hector
- Odysseus and the Cephallenians send ships to Troy
- Odysseus takes Chryseis back to Chryses by ship
- Odysseus lands in Chryse and and places the hecatomb for Apollo
- Odysseus returns Chryseis to her father, Chryses
- The Achaeans perform the sacrifice to Apollo
- Odysseus and the Achaeans set sail from Chryse to go back to Troy
- Odysseus and the Achaeans arrive back in Troy
- Odysseus and other Greek warriors hide in the wooden Trojan Horse
- The Greek forces hide with their ships from the Trojans
- Odysseus is appointed leader of the Greeks hiding inside the wooden Trojan Horse
- Helen tries to lure the Greeks out of the wooden Trojan Horse
- Odysseus and Menelaus rescue Glaucus
- Odysseus wanders around Sicily
- Odysseus wanders around the Tyrrhenian Sea
- The Suitors of Penelope eat Odysseus’ herds at feasts
- Helen identifies the Achaean champions for Priam
- The Trojans and the Greeks swear oaths and conduct a sacrifice together
- Hector and Odysseus draw lots to see who will take aim first in the fight between Paris and Menelaus
- Agamemnon criticizes Odysseus, Menestheus, the Athenians, and the Cephallenians for holding back from battle
- Odysseus gets Agamemnon to apologize for his criticisms
- Odysseus kills Democoon
- Odysseus kills Coeranus, Alastor, Chromius, Alcandrus, Halius, Noemon, and Prytanis
- Odysseus kills Pidytes
- Agamemnon, Diomedes, the two Ajaxes, Idomeneus, Meriones, Eurypylus, Thoas, and Odysseus all rise to challenge Hector
- Nestor tells Agamemnon, Diomedes, the two Ajaxes, Idomeneus, Meriones, Eurypylus, Thoas, and Odysseus to cast lots to decide who will be the Achaean champion
- The Achaean chieftains pray to Zeus
- Diomedes asks Odysseus to help him defend Nestor
- Odysseus abandons Diomedes and Nestor and flees to the Achaean ships
- Nestor sends Phoenix, Ajax, Odysseus, Odios, and Eurybates to tell Achilles of the gifts which Agamemnon is offering
- Achilles, Patroclus, and Automedon offer hospitality to Phoenix, Ajax, Odysseus, Odios, and Eurybates in Achilles’ tent
- Odysseus relays Agamemnon’s offer of reparation to Achilles
- Agamemnon questions his envoys about Achilles’ response to his offer of reparation
- Odysseus tells Agamemnon that Achilles not only refuses to fight for the Achaeans, but urges them all to sail home
- Nestor goes out among the Achaean ships and wakes Odysseus and Diomedes
- Diomedes, Meriones, Thrasymedes, and the rest of the chiefs of the Achaeans come together in council
- Nestor asks the chiefs of the Achaeans for a volunteer to spy on the Trojans
- The two Ajaxes, Meriones, Thrasymedes, Menelaus, and Odysseus volunteer to accompany Diomedes on his mission to spy on the Trojan host
- Meriones gives Odysseus a bow, quiver, and his own leather helmet
- Athena sends a heron to Diomedes and Odysseus as a sign of her favour
- Odysseus and Diomedes pray to Athena that they will be successful in finding a weakness in the Trojan host
- Odysseus sees Dolon making for the ships from Troy and tells Diomedes that they must kill him before he returns
- Dolon begs Diomedes and Odysseus to take him alive for ransom
- Odysseus asks Dolon if he is spying for the Trojans
- Dolon tells Odysseus that Hector bribed him to determine if the Achaeans intended to flee or not
- Odysseus interrogates Dolon
- Odysseus hangs Dolon’s armour and weapons in honour of Athena
- Odysseus places Dolon’s armour and weapons on a tamarisk tree
- Odysseus frees the horses of Rhesus
- Odysseus and Diomedes return to the ships of the Achaeans with Rhesus’ horses
- Diomedes takes the spoils of Hector’s dead guard and gives them to Odysseus
- Odysseus tells Nestor how Diomedes killed Rhesus, the Thracian king, twelve of his men, and a Trojan scout
- Antimachus proposes in council that Menelaus and Odysseus should be killed
- Odysseus and Diomedes lead the Achaeans into battle
- Odysseus and Diomedes prevent Hector from taking the Achaean ships
- Odysseus kills Molion
- Odysseus kills Hippodamos
- Odysseus kills Hypeirochos
- Odysseus is left alone to fight against the Trojans
- Odysseus injures Deiopites
- Odysseus kills Thoon
- Odysseus kills Ennomus
- Odysseus kills Chersidamas
- Odysseus kills Charops
- Socus challenges Odysseus to a fight to avenge his brother Charops
- Socus injures Odysseus
- Odysseus kills Socus
- Menelaus and Ajax come to the aid of Odysseus
- Odysseus retreats from battle
- Nestor, joined by Diomedes and Odysseus, seeks out Agamemnon on the battlefield
- Nestor suggests that he, Agamemnon, Diomedes and Odysseus should avoid joining the battle due to their injuries
- Odysseus harshly criticizes Agamemnon for his cowardice and condemnation of his own men
- Diomedes rallies the Achaean princes to fight the Trojans despite their injuries
- Odysseus asks Achilles to let the men eat before battle
- Odysseus tells Agamemnon to host a feast for Achilles
- Agamemnon kills a boar as an offering to Zeus
- Funeral Games of Patroclus: Achilles hosts a wrestling contest
- Funeral Games of Patroclus: Achilles stops the wrestling match
- Funeral Games of Patroclus - Wrestling Match: Ajax and Odysseus take equal prizes
- Funeral Games of Patroclus: Achilles hosts a running competition
- Funeral Games of Patroclus - Running Contest: Odysseus prays to Athena in order to run faster
- Funeral Games of Patroclus - Running Contest: Odysseus wins first place
Citations
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.4
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.6
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.8
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.9
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.8
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.6
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.7
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.8
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.9
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.12
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.22
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.27
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.28
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.3
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.4
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.5
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.7
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.4
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.6
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.8
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.9
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.11
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.13
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.14
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.15
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.19
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.21
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.23
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.8
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.9
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.1
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.3
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.6
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.7
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.8
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.9
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.10
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.11
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.12
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.13
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.14
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.16
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.19
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.22
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.23
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.24
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.25
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.26
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.31
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.32
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.33
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.36
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.38
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.39
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.40
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 135
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 310
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 430
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 440
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 165
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 170
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 180
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 185
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 220
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 240
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 270
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 275
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 405
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 630
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 635
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 191
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 199
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 203
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 267
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 310
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 326
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 349
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 356
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 481
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 520
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 663
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 28
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 161
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 78
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 94
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 97
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 212
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 163
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 173
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 186
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 205
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 307
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 334
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 620
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 656
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 669
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 677
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 102
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 131
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 148
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 227
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 240
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 248
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 254
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 272
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 332
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 349
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 382
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 400
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 423
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 454
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 465
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 482
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 512
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 526
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 540
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 554
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 564
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 1
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 136
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 310
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 320
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 328
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 336
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 396
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 401
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 411
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 434
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 446
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 456
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 472
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 655
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 762
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 804
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 27
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 82
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 103
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 378
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 20
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 40
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 125
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 154
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 184
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 215
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 238
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 309
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 708
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 725
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 754
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 778
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 785
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 35.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 13.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 20.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 20.11
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.11
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 12.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 22.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 25.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 25.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 6.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 6.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 3.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 12.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 14.5
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 14.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 14.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 29.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 44.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 48.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 48.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 4.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 41.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 8.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 26.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 26.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 26.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 27.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 27.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 28.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.9
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 31.2
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