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Ulysses cultural definition

The Roman name of the Greek hero Odysseus.

  • In the Aeneid of Virgil, which was written in Latin, Odysseus is called Ulysses.
  • The Irish author James Joyce adopted the name for the title of his masterpiece of the early twentieth century, which is, in part, a retelling of the myth of Odysseus.

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