Ulysses in the Latin tradition and in English; Odiseo or Ulises in Spanish. King of Ithaka, and the clever one: the Trojan Horse was his idea.

One of the Greek kings in The Iliad, and the hero of The Odyssey, where getting home takes him ten years: a year with Circe, seven with Calypso, a trip to the land of the dead, and a house full of suitors when he finally arrives, with Penelope and Telemachus waiting.

Played by Matt Damon in The Odyssey (film) (2026).

His whole journey home is a tour of good and bad hosts: see Xenia.