Odysseus (called Ulysses in Latin) was the son of Laertes and was the ruler of the island kingdom of Ithaca. ... Odysseus was one of the original suitors of Helen of Troy.

Odysseus was son of Laertes of Ithaka he was one of the greatest heroes of the Greeks during the Troyan war, Odysseus jurney back home to Ithaka is the famous poem of Homer the Odyssey ... If he did,

Odysseus was reluctant to leave his serene home island of Ithaca. He did not want to leave behind a new born son and his beautiful wife, Penelope, whom he both adored with all his heart.

Odysseus, the Hero ... Odysseus is one of the first Greek mythic heroes renowned for his brain as well as his muscle. Indeed he is a man with an inquiring mind, and he is also a man with

"The Odyssey. The illustrated wanderings of the hero Odysseus after the Trojan War. Based on Homer's epic from Greek Mythology." ... Hades; Helen; Heracles; Hercules; ... Ocean; Old Man of the Sea;

If you choose Odysseus, you begin your adventure as you are about to leave Troy on your voyage home to Ithaca.(Unknown to you this will take you ten whole years, because of something you did to...

"Unhappy Odysseus, he does not know the sufferings that await him; or how these ills I and my Phrygians endure shall one day seem to him precious as gold.

77 Invocation to the Muse; survey of Odysseus' condition in the 10th year of his wanderings.

Welcome to Odysseus Unbound ... You can find out how the breakthrough was made and hear about the book that has been written to describe it: Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer's Ithaca.

Use the map and the numbered entries explained below to follow the journey of Odysseus from his home in Ithaka to Troy and back to Ithaka.