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ODYSSEUS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Οδυσσευς (Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: o-DIS-ee-əs (English)  [key]

Perhaps derived from Greek οδυσσομαι (odyssomai) "to hate". In Greek legend Odysseus was one of the Greek heroes who fought in the Trojan War. In the 'Odyssey' Homer relates Odysseus's misadventures on his way back to his kingdom and his wife Penelope.


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