i am currently reading the odyssey for our school novel. i have a summarized version from the internet. what i have the book is odysseus and what i read on the net is ulysses. is there a difference? which is which?!
2006-06-20 03:35:09 · 6 answers · asked by aydee 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No difference. They're both the same guy.
2006-06-20 03:40:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're the same person. Odysseus was the Greek name and Ulysses was the Latin name.
2016-05-20 04:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no difference - The Odyssey was translated from Greek, and with the translation he's sometimes called Odysseus, sometimes called Ulysses. It's the same person.
2006-06-20 03:42:26 · answer #3 · answered by lesdechetsla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the same guy. The Romans gave all the Greek heroes and Gods their own names, but the story remains the same. Odysseus is the Greek name.
2006-06-20 04:34:17 · answer #4 · answered by kaplah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'odysseus' was a greek hero.
when the romans talked about him they called him 'ulixes'.
a little later when the english started to talk about him we called him 'ulysses'.
odysseus / ulixes / ulysses are all the same person.
the same way that swansea / abertawe is the same city (just two different names).
2006-06-20 03:40:33 · answer #5 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ulyssses is the roman name of that paricular hero, so no difference really.
2006-06-20 03:41:11 · answer #6 · answered by evil_tiger_lily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋