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Odyssey

The poem of Homer which records the adventures of Odysseus (Ulysses) in his home-voyage from Troy. The word is an adjective formed out of the hero's name, and means the things or adventures of Ulysses.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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