Odysseus, King of Ithaca

"My name is Nobody."

- Odysseus to the Cyclops "Immortals are never alien to one another"

- Odysseus Odysseus also called Ulysses, is a character in Homer's epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey.Odysseus was one of the Greek kings called to arms against the Trojans during the Trojan War. The Iliad focuses on the war itself, of which Odysseus is an instrumental player towards victory. The Odyssey on the other hand is about Odysseus and his crew specifically and their attempts to sail home home across a sea of fierce monsters and disgruntled demigods.