One of the heroes of the "Iliad", this king of Ithaca is the son of Laertes
In the Iliad, 
Odysseus appears as the man best suited to cope with crises in... [DOC] [TLE] Odysseus | Define Odysseus at Dictionary.com [PAR] Odysseus definition, king of Ithaca; son of Laertes; one of the heroes of the Iliad 
and protagonist of the Odyssey: shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan... [DOC] [TLE] Odysseus - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Dec 31, 2012 ... ... name: Ulysses) was one of the great pan-Hellenic heroes of Greek mythology.