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Ulysses

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U·lys·ses  (y-lsz)
n. Mythology
Odysseus.
[Latin Ulixs, Ulysss, from Greek dialectal Olusseus, variant of Greek Odusseus.]
Ulysses [ˈjuːlɪˌsiːz juːˈlɪsiːz]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) the Latin name of Odysseus
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Noun1.UlyssesUlysses - (Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus
Translations
Ulysses [juːˈlɪsiːz] N → Ulises
Ulysses
n → Odysseus, Ulixes (rare), → Ulysses (rare) m
Ulysses [ˈjuːlɪˌsiːz] n → Ulisse m
Ulysses [ˈjuːlɪˌsiːz] n → Ulisse m


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This misfortune was entirely owing to the foolish curiosity of his shipmates, who, while Ulysses lay asleep, had untied some very bulky leathern bags, in which they supposed a valuable treasure to be concealed.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Then Minerva said, "Father, son of Saturn, King of kings, it served Aegisthus right, and so it would any one else who does as he did; but Aegisthus is neither here nor there; it is for Ulysses that my heart bleeds, when I think of his sufferings in that lonely sea-girt island, far away, poor man, from all his friends.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
Happy he who, like Ulysses, has made an adventurous voyage; and there is no such sea for adventurous voyages as the Mediterranean - the inland sea which the ancients looked upon as so vast and so full of wonders.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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