Ulysses

Reading notes

• The Loves §2.18 Ulysses

  Hero of the Odyssey, husband of Penelope, recipient of her verse-letter in the Heroides.

• The Art of Love §2.5 Ulysses

  The hero of the Odyssey, detained by Circe and Calypso; cited as proof that eloquence outlasts beauty.

• The Art of Love §3.16 son of Sisyphus

  Ulysses, sometimes called son of Sisyphus, who heard the Sirens and almost broke free.

• The Heroides §1 Ulysses

  King of Ithaca, the wiliest of the Greek leaders at Troy; his ten-year wandering homeward is the subject of Homer's Odyssey.

• The Heroides §3 the son of Laertes

  Ulysses, son of Laertes, the eloquent envoy of the embassy to Achilles.

• The Heroides §19 Ulysses

  The hero Neptune pursued with hatred; Hero notes Leander is no kin of his, and so should be spared.

• Letters from the Black Sea §1.3 the Ithacan

  Ulysses (Odysseus) of Ithaca, who longed to see even the smoke of his homeland; the proverbial proof that love of country masters all.

• The Festivals §4.proem Neritian captain

  Ulysses (of Mount Neritos in Ithaca), whose wanderings touched Italy.

• The Festivals §6.9 Ulysses

  The Greek hero apt at thefts, one of those said to have carried off the Palladium.

• Ibis §17 son-in-law of Icarius

  Ulysses, son-in-law of Icarius, killed (by tradition) by the stingray-spine spear of his son Telegonus.

• Metamorphoses §12.383 Laertes

  The cunning son of Laertes, the other claimant of Achilles's arms.

• Metamorphoses §13.384 Ulysses

  The cunning king of Ithaca, son of Laertes; Ajax's rival for the arms.

• Metamorphoses §14.441 Dulichian leader

  Ulysses, called 'Dulichian' from Dulichium, one of the islands of his realm.

• The Cure for Love §9 Neritos

  Mountain of Ithaca standing for Ulysses' fleet; the 'ships of Neritos' are his, borne away despite Circe's arts.

• The Cure for Love §21 Dulichian manner

  After Ulysses, lord of Dulichium near Ithaca; the 'Dulichian' way is the cunning, thieving stratagem Ovid disclaims.

• Sorrows §1.2 Ulysses

  Odysseus/Ulysses, the storm-tossed wanderer whom Minerva saved from Neptune; Ovid's chief comparison for his own ordeal.

• Sorrows §1.5 Neritian

  Ulysses, lord of Mt. Neritus on Ithaca; Ovid argues he has wandered farther and suffered worse than 'the Neritian.'

• Sorrows §5.5 Laertian hero

  Ulysses, son of Laertes, who likewise kept his wife's day at the world's edge; the model of long absence.