On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Odysseus. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Odysseus in a sentence
Odysseus meaning
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad, and protagonist of the Odyssey.
Synonyms of Odysseus
Using Odysseus
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Ancient Greek. | The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad, and protagonist of the Odyssey.
- Useful related words include: mythical being.
- In the example corpus, odysseus often appears in combinations such as: odysseus and, of odysseus, odysseus is.
Context around Odysseus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Odysseus
- In this selection, "odysseus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gave, instructions, met, told, recalls and stories stand out and add context to how "odysseus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include s instructions odysseus and his and 12 wherein odysseus recalls his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "odysseus" sits close to words such as adherents, admirers and agitated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with odysseus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The rest of Odysseus' adventures are recounted by Odysseus himself. (10 words)
Odysseus tests the loyalty of others and others test Odysseus' identity. (11 words)
This direct relationship between Zeus and Odysseus represents the kingship of Odysseus. (12 words)
However, if one takes a closer look at Odysseus, he or she would wonder why Odysseus and his wife, as well as all the other figures in the collage, are depicted as blacks, since according to the original story, Odysseus is a Greek king. (44 words)
Guided by Circe's instructions, Odysseus and his crew cross the ocean and reach a harbor at the western edge of the world, where Odysseus sacrifices to the dead and summons the spirit of the old prophet Tiresias to advise him. (41 words)
When the disguised Odysseus returns, she announces in her long interview with the disguised hero that whoever can string Odysseus's rigid bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads may have her hand. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
However, if one takes a closer look at Odysseus, he or she would wonder why Odysseus and his wife, as well as all the other figures in the collage, are depicted as blacks, since according to the original story, Odysseus is a Greek king.
After Polyphemus eats several of his men, Polyphemus and Odysseus have a discussion, and Odysseus told Polyphemus his name is "Nobody".
Although his first instinct is to shoot Odysseus, his anger is eventually diffused by Odysseus's persuasive powers and the influence of the gods.
An early example of this is the boar hunt that gave Odysseus the scar by which Eurycleia recognizes him; Odysseus is injured by the boar and responds by killing it.
Books 9 through 12, wherein Odysseus recalls his adventures for his Phaeacian hosts, are collectively referred to as the Apologoi: Odysseus' "stories".
But Achilles then asks Odysseus of his son's exploits in the Trojan war, and when Odysseus tells of Neoptolemus' heroic actions, Achilles is filled with satisfaction.
Finally, guided by Circe's instructions, Odysseus and his crew crossed the ocean and reached a harbor at the western edge of the world, where Odysseus sacrificed to the dead.
Guided by Circe's instructions, Odysseus and his crew cross the ocean and reach a harbor at the western edge of the world, where Odysseus sacrifices to the dead and summons the spirit of the old prophet Tiresias to advise him.
Having done so, he proceeds to slaughter the suitors (beginning with Antinous whom he finds drinking from Odysseus' cup) with help from Telemachus and Odysseus' servants Eumaeus the swineherd and Philoetius the cowherd.
Hermes warned Odysseus about Circe and gave Odysseus a drug called moly which gave him resistance to Circe's magic.
Odysseus and Diomedes (or, according to some accounts, Odysseus and Neoptolemus ) leave to retrieve them.
Odysseus meets Penelope and tests her intentions by saying he once met Odysseus in Crete.
Odysseus tests the loyalty of others and others test Odysseus' identity.
Therefore, by describing Odysseus as black, Bearden maximizes the effect of potential black audiences empathizing to Odysseus.
The rest of Odysseus' adventures are recounted by Odysseus himself.
There, the former king met Odysseus and explained just how he was murdered before he offered Odysseus a warning about the dangers of trusting a woman.
The two scenes that the poet describes are Odysseus on Calypso 's island and Odysseus' encounter with the Phaeacians.
This direct relationship between Zeus and Odysseus represents the kingship of Odysseus.
When the disguised Odysseus returns, she announces in her long interview with the disguised hero that whoever can string Odysseus's rigid bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads may have her hand.
A second mission of the Odysseus 6K ROV began late Friday morning to continue searching and mapping efforts, said Jeff Mahoney, spokesperson for Pelagic Research Services, a company that specializes in ocean expedition.
Common combinations with odysseus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- odysseus and 22×
- of odysseus 14×
- odysseus is 11×
- by odysseus 8×
- when odysseus 7×
- and odysseus 6×
- where odysseus 6×
- to odysseus 6×
- that odysseus 6×
- odysseus has 5×