Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς , gen.
Ὀδυσσῆος, Ὀδυσῆος, Ὀδυσεῦς,
Od. 24.398; dat. Ὀδυσῆι, Ὀδυσεῖ, acc. Ὀδυσσῆα, Ὀδυσσέα, Ὀδυσῆ, Od. 19.136: Odysseus (Ulysses, Ulixes), son
of Laertes and Ctimene, resident in the island of Ithaca and king of
the Cephallenians, who inhabited Ithaca, Same, Zacynthus, Aegilops,
Crocyleia, and a strip of the opposite mainland. Odysseus is the hero
of the Odyssey, but figures very prominently in the Iliad also. He
inherited his craft from his maternal grandfather
Autolycus, see Od. 19.394 ff. Homer
indicates the origin of Odysseus' name in Od. 19.406 ff., and plays upon the name also in Od. 1.62.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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