I have never understood how Ulyses and Odyseus came by two different names for the same character.?

Answer 1

Odysseus is the Greek name of the hero in Homer's "Odyssey"; Ulysses is the Roman (Latin) name of the same character. The Homeric epics were important to both cultures, and then the Romans (specifically, Virgil under the patronage of Augustus) developed the "Aeneid," focusing on Aeneas, a Trojan who survived and esecaped the Spartans and Mycenaeans conquest of Troy. Ovid also wrote about Ulysses, particularly the contest between he and Ajax for Achilles' armor. The Romans also inherited the Greek pantheon and gave many of the Greek gods Latin names (for example, renaming Aphrodite, the goddess of love, Venus).

Answer 2

It's a matter of time. The Odyssey and the Iliad by Homer are the oldest books known to man. Ulysses came years later even though the same story. Like Poseidon and Neptune are the same person

Answer 3

Both stories were written by the same man.

Answer 4

Different dialects.