Odysseus, or Ulysses in Latin, is the crafty king of Ithaca and one of the central heroes of Greek and Roman myth. Celebrated for his intelligence and guile—polytropos, the “man of many turns”—he is a key strategist in the Trojan War, credited with devising the Trojan Horse and guiding Greek counsel amid conflict. His ten‑year voyage home from Troy, beset by monsters, enchantresses, shipwrecks, and divine hostility, ends in a bloody reclaiming of his household and kingship. Over centuries, poets, playwrights, philosophers, and modern creators have repeatedly reimagined his character, turning him into one of Western culture’s most persistent figures.