Ulysses
Ithaca's long-absent king
Ulysses is the Latin name for Odysseus, the Greek hero of Homer's epic who wandered ten years returning home from the Trojan War.
The name suggests a long, eventful journey: an Ulysses of the corporate world.
James Joyce's 1922 novel *Ulysses* follows a day in Dublin, paralleling Homer's structure.
Ulysses S.
Grant was the eighteenth U.S. president.
Ionian island, epic destination
- PenelopeTraditional name, Greek origin
- TelemachusMythical prince of Ithaca
- CirceMythical witch, island-dweller
- CalypsoIsland-dwelling immortal jailer
Polyphemus · Tiresias · Scylla · Charybdis · Cyclops · Nausicaa · Argos · Laertes
Irish capital city
- stream-of-consciousnessNarrative of unfiltered thought
- interior monologueCharacter's private thoughts narrated
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
parallax · epiphany · Irish literature · experimental · narrative · encyclopedic · parody · monologue
Ancient Greek epic composer
- HomericOf grand, ancient verse
- IliadAncient Greek war epic
- hexameterSix-foot poetic line
- dactylicThree-beat poetic meter
bard · invocation · epithet · Muse · oral tradition · antiquity · Greek · Trojan War
Destroyed vessel at sea
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
storms · Poseidon · navigation · raft · ship · crew · companions · lost
Sly, scheming cleverness
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- wilySkilled at deception
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
- survivorOne still alive after
trickster · endurance · perseverance · disguise · archer · king · husband · father
Ithaca
Ionian island, epic destination
- PenelopeTraditional name, Greek origin
- TelemachusMythical prince of Ithaca
- CirceMythical witch, island-dweller
Calypso · Polyphemus · Tiresias · Scylla · Charybdis · Cyclops · Nausicaa · Argos · Laertes · Aeolus
Dublin
Irish capital city
- stream-of-consciousnessNarrative of unfiltered thought
- interior monologueCharacter's private thoughts narrated
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
episodes · parallax · epiphany · Irish literature · experimental · narrative · encyclopedic · parody · monologue
Homer
Ancient Greek epic composer
dactylic · bard · invocation · epithet · Muse · oral tradition · antiquity · Greek · Trojan War · hero
shipwreck
Destroyed vessel at sea
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
wandering · storms · Poseidon · navigation · raft · ship · crew · companions · lost · stranded
cunning
Sly, scheming cleverness
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- wilySkilled at deception
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
survivor · trickster · endurance · perseverance · disguise · archer · king · husband · father · warrior
- 20th Century Books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Catch-22, Grapes of Wrath
- British LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Austen
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- Classical MythologyZeus, Apollo, Venus, Athena, Aphrodite
- PoemsThe Raven, Ozymandias, Invictus, Paradise Lost, Beowulf
- Classical FiguresZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Hades
UlyssesAchilles
Greek hero, mortal heel
Ajax · Hercules · Polyphemus · Cyclops · Hector
UlyssesPenelope
Traditional name, Greek origin
homebody · stay-at-home · Telemachus · Laertes · Aeneas
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Ulysses GrantCivil War Union leader