Odysseus (/oʊˈdɪsiəs, oʊˈdɪsjuːs/; Greek: Ὀδυσσεύς [odysˈsews]), an aa kent bi the Laitin name Ulysses (/juːˈlɪsiːz/; [Ulyssēs, Ulixēs] error: ((lang-xx)): text has italic markup (help)), wis a legendary Greek king o Ithaca an a hero o Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.