Odysseus

thumb In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey. Quotes about [Odysseus was] tough, crafty, cheerful, of medium height, eloquent, and wise. In the account of Dares the Phrygian Dares Phrygius, History of the Fall of Troy 13 https://web.archive.org/web/20230407120900/http://www.theoi.com/Text/DaresPhrygius.html 7 April 2023 [He was] shorter in truth by a head than Atreus’ son Agamemnon, / but broader, it would seem, in the chest and across the shoulders /... / Truly, to some deep-fleeced ram would I liken him / who makes his way through the great mass of the shining sheep-flocks. In Book III of Homer's Iliad Priam. Homer The Iliad of Homer Lattimore Richmond Martin Richard P. 2011 University of Chicago Press 978-0-226-47048-1 Chicago ; London Book III Lines 192-199 In parts of their careers, Arjuna and Odysseus show similarities so numerous and detailed that they must be cognate figures, sharing an origin in the proto-hero of an oral proto-narrative. Nicholas Allen, 1998, quoted in: Elst K. in Udayanath Sahoo (editor), Shobha Rani Dash (editor) - Great Indian Epics, International Perspectives-Routledge (2021) 55-6 External links Category:Greek mythology