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Odysseus (Ulixes)

Odysseus, called Ulysses in Latin, spent ten years getting home from Troy to Ithaca. He passed the Cyclops, Circe, and the Sirens.

Grades 6–8. Myth.

How it connects

Homer tells the journey in the Odyssey. Latin writers use Ulixes.

Latin words that go with this card: domus, mare.

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