One of the heroes of the "Iliad", this king of Ithaca is the son of Laertes
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His father, Laertes, is a demigod son of Zeus, while his maternal grandfather is... [DOC] [TLE] Odysseus - Myth Encyclopedia - mythology, Greek, god, story ... [PAR] In Greek mythology, Odysseus was a celebrated hero, best known for his ... poet 
Homer, and he also plays a role in the Iliad, Homer's other major epic.