# Ulysses — The Odyssey character guide

> Ulysses in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Odysseus, sage Ulysses, Godlike Ulysses, great Ulysses, King Ulysses, the shrewd Ulysses, wise Ulysses, the Ithacan Ulysses

**First appearance:** 0001-the-odyssey

## Who they are

The protagonist, a cunning Greek hero striving to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.

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