Odysseus (or Ulysses) was the legendary hero of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. King of Ithaca, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and son of Laertes and Anticlea, Odysseus was renowned for his guile and resourcefulness. Here depicted are some of his famous exploits and adventures during the ten eventful
years it took him to return home after
the Trojan War.