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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Helen, Odysseus, Polyphemus, Agamemnon, Circe, Aeolus, Menelaus, Penelope, Ajax, Siren, Telemachus, Eurynome, Alcinous, Leucothea, Eurylochus, Nausicaa, Laertes, Mentor, Medon, Polites, Laodamas, Anticlea, Elpenor, Mentes, Euryalus, Halitherses, Antiphus, Phemius, Arnaeus, Elatus, Amphinomus, Eupeithes, Aretus, Eumaeus, Antiphates, Agelaus, Eurycleia, Scheria, Cicones, Ogygia, Calypso, Odyssean gods, Nestor, Suitors of Penelope, Argos, The Cattle of Helios, Demodocus, Melanthius, Eurymachus, Antinous son of Eupeithes, Melantho, Thrasymedes, Clytius, Echetus, Leodes, Ctesippus, Arete, Deucalion of Crete, Theoclymenus, Eurydamas, Iphthime, Dolius, Orsilochus, Thoon, Peisistratus, Eurymedousa, Echephron, Perimedes, Peisenor, Ctimene, Demoptolemus, Philoeteus, Amphimedon, Agamemnonides, Polydamna, Mesaulius, Stratichus, Pontonous. Excerpt: Helen may refer to: Odysseus ( or; Greek: , Odusseus) or Ulysses (; Latin: ) was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle. King of Ithaca, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and son of Laertes and Anticlea, Odysseus is renowned for his guile and resourcefulness, and is hence known by the epithet Odysseus the Cunning (m tis, or "cunning intelligence"). He is most famous for the ten eventful years he took to return home after the ten-year Trojan War and his famous Trojan Horse trick. The name has several variants: Olysseus (), Oulixeus (), Oulixes () and he was known as in Latin or in Roman mythology. The etymology of the name is contested, according to one view, the name Odysseus derives from the verb (), meaning "to be wroth against', 'hate," suggesting that the name could be rendered as "the one who is wrathful/hated." Alternatively, it has been also ...
