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Odysseus
The hero of Homer's ancient Greek epics. To hear the Sirens' song and not perish, he had himself tied to the ship's mast.
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- Phaedo, Plato
The hero of Homer’s “Odyssey”, king of Ithaca, who for many years made his way home after the Trojan War.
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The hero of Homer's Odyssey, king of Ithaca, who spent ten years making his way home after the Trojan War.
- Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes, William Bridges
The hero of Greek myth and of Homer's Odyssey, who spent ten years making his way home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
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The hero of Homer's epics. To hear the Sirens and survive, he had himself tied to the mast.
- The Odyssey, Homer
King of Ithaca, son of Laertes, husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus. It takes him twenty years to get home: ten at war before Troy and ten more wandering the sea.