Ulysses and Columbus (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ulysses and ColumbusUlysses (or Ulixes, the Latin form of the Greek name Odysseus) is one of the prominent characters in the poems of Homer. He was king of Ithaca, an island Off the west coast of Greece. He joined the'expedition of the Greeks against Troy, leaving his wife Penelope, with their infant son Telemachus, on the island. He is described in the Iliad as taking a leading part in the siege Of Troy, and he was the chief 'of the band that, concealed in the wooden horse, entered the city and brought about its fall. After the destruction of Troy he set out for home, but it was ten years before he arrived there. The story of the adventures that befel him during this time is told in the Odyssey. At length he reached Ithaca, punished the men who were wasting his substance, and was restored to his wife and son. He had been away from home for twenty years. Homer does not tell how the rest of his life was spent, but he says that Teiresias had prophesied that' his death should come from the sea.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.