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Definition: Ulysses |
UlyssesNoun1. Roman misspelling for Odysseus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Ulysses" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "hate". |
Date "Ulysses" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biographical Satire | ULYSSES, warrior, inventor, and traveler. Sprang into fame at the siege of Troy, where he invented the horse which recaptured Helen. Escaped from Polyphemus, a one-eyed giant, by sticking a burning telegraph pole in his eye. Later performed his greatest feat by evading the Sirens. Stayed away from home so much his wife forgot what he looked like. His dog, however, recalled the scent and prevented U. from sleeping in the barn. Press Agent: Homer. Recreation: Travel, wars. Address: Ithaca. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Ulysses (3 syl.), King of Ithaca, a small rocky island of Greece. He is represented in Homer's Iliad as full of artifices, and, according to Virgil, hit upon the device of the wooden horse, by which Troy was ultimately taken. (The word means The Angry or Wrathful.) After the fall of Troy, Ulysses was driven about by tempests for ten years before he reached home, and his adventures form the subject of Homer's other epic, called the Odyssey. Ulysses. When Palamedes summoned Ulysses to the Trojan war, he found him in a field ploughing with a team of strange animals, and sowing salt instead of barley. This he did to feign insanity, that he might be excused from the expedition. The incident is employed to show what meagre shifts are sometimes resorted to to shufile out of plain duties. Ulysses (The). Albert III., Margrave of Brandenburg. He was also called "The Achilles " (q.v.). (1414-1486.) The Ulysses of the Highlands. Sir Evan Cameron, lord of Lochiel, surnamed "The Black." (Died 1719.) His son Donald was called "The Gentle Lochiel." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Ulysses is a movie filmed in 1967 and based on James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
Starring Barbara Jefford and Milo O'Shea, it was adapted by Fred Haines and Joseph Strick, and directed by Strick. It was one of the first motion pictures to use the word "fuck". In New Zealand, screeners were required to show the film before gender-segregated audiences. It was not approved for showing in Ireland until 2000.
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Ulysses is the Roman form of Odysseus and also a novel by James Joyce. It is sometimes cited as the greatest novel of the 20th century and has been the subject of much scrutiny, criticism, condemnation and confusion. Ulysses was written over an eight-year period from 1914 to 1922 and chronicles the adventures throughout Dublin of Leopold Bloom during an otherwise unremarkable day, June 16, 1904. The title alludes to the hero of Homer's Odyssey, and Joyce has mapped the chapters of his Ulysses onto those of The Odyssey, for example Leopold Bloom as Odysseus, though the correlation is mostly implicit.
June 16 is now celebrated by Joyce's fans worldwide as 'Bloomsday' and is commemorated by activities such as academic symposia, re-enactments and readings from Ulysses, and general merriment.
Ulysses is a massive novel: 267,000 words in total from a vocabulary of 30,000 words, with most editions weighing in at sizes from between 800 to 1,000 pages long comprised of 18 chapters. At first glance the book may appear unstructured, chaotic and confusing. In fact, Ulysses is highly structured; what Joyce does is to make that structure invisible until one searches for it. Some time after publication Joyce released two schemata that make the links to the Odyssey, and much internal structure, explicit. To the confusion of all, these two schemata vary wildly in places.
Most chapters of Ulysses have an assigned organ and technic and, tellingly, correspondences between its characters and those of the Odyssey. Though most publications omit the chapter titles, they are crucial to understanding the novel and following the narrative of the Odyssey.
This chapter is the first with obvious motifs, and these are those of botany, religion, drugs, potions, and guilt and murder.
The main motifs of this chapter are death and decay.
This chapter is remarkable for Joyce's wordplay, which seems to recapitulate the entire history of human language to describe a scene in an obstetrics hospital, from the Carmen Arvale:
Joyce wrote of Ulysses:
As such, there are a good number of puzzles and open problems present in the book which require careful readings to solve.
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The most famous part of the poem is the ending:The 18 chapters
Telemachus
It is morning. The book opens inside Martello Tower on Dublin Bay at Sandycove, where three young men, Buck Mulligan (a callous and boisterous medical student), Stephen Dedalus (an Aristotlean author) and Haines (a nondescript Englishman from Oxford) are waking and preparing for the day. Stephen, brooding about the recent death of his mother, complains about Haines' hysterical nightmares. Mulligan shaves and prepares breakfast and all three then eat. Haines decides to go to the library and Mulligan suggests swimming beforehand; all three then leave the tower. Walking for a time, Stephen chats with Haines and smokes before leaving, deciding that he cannot return to the tower that evening for Mulligan has usurped his place.Nestor
Stephen is at school, attempting to teach bored schoolboys history and English, though they are unappreciative of his efforts. Stephen attempts to tell a riddle which falls flat before seeing the boys out of the classroom. One stays behind so that Stephen shows how to do a set of arithmetic exercises. Afterwards Stephen visits the school headmaster, Mr. Deasy, from whom he collects his pay and a letter to take to a newspaper office for printing.Proteus
Next, Stephen finds his way to the strand and mopes around for some time, doing little more than thinking, reminiscing and walking about on the beach. He lies down among some rocks, watches a couple and a dog, writes some poetry ideas, and picks his nose.Calypso
The role of protagonist suddenly shifts to Leopold Bloom, a Jewish advertising canvasser living nearby in Eccles street preparing breakfast at the same time as Mulligan in the tower. He walks to a butcher to purchase a kidney for his breakfast and returns to finish his cooking. He takes his wife (Molly Bloom) her breakfast and letters and reads his own letter from their daughter, Milly. The chapter closes with his plodding to the outhouse to defacate.Lotus-Eaters
Bloom now begins his day proper, furtively making his way to a post office (by an intentionally indirect route), where he receives a love letter from one 'Martha Clifford' adressed to his pseudonym, Henry Flower. He buys a newspaper and meets an acquaintance; while they chat he attempts to ogle a woman wearing stockings, but is distracted by a passing tram. Next, he reads the letter and tears it up in an alley. Bloom makes his exit via a Catholic church service and thinks about what is going on inside it. He goes to a drugstore then meets another acquaintance, Bantam, whom he unintentionally gives a racing tip for the horse Throwaway. Finally, Bloom ponders his naked state in water as he approaches the baths to wash for the rest of the day.Hades
Bloom is entering a funeral carriage with three others and they begin to make their way. The four men pass Stephen and make smalltalk. Bloom scans his newspaper. They talk about various deaths, forms of death and the tramline before arriving and getting out. They enter the chapel into the service and subsequently leave with the coffincart. Bloom sees a mysterious anonymous man wearing a macintosh during the burial and ponders on various subjects some more. Leaving, he points out a dent in a friend's hat.Oxen of the Sun
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and on through skilful parodies of Malory, Bunyan, Gibbon, De Quincey, and Carlyle, among many others. Penelope
The final chapter of Ulysses consists of Molly Bloom's Soliloquy: eight enormous sentences (without punctuation) written from the viewpoint of Leopold Bloom's estranged wife, Molly (who represents Penelope). Parts of the final sentence were used by Kate Bush as lyrics to her song The Sensual World.The two schemata
Movie
In 1967, a movie version of the book was produced.Puzzles
"I've put so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant..."
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Ulysses (poem)
''Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
''We are not now that strength which in old days
''Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,--
''One equal temper of heroic hearts,
''Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
''To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ulysses."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ULYSSES | English | Project Lifestyles,Sustainability and Integrated Environmental Assessment | Environment |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cunning | Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard; Scotchman; Jew, Yankee; intriguer, intrigant; floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ulysses |
| English words defined with "Ulysses": battle of Chattanooga ♦ Chattanooga ♦ Lotophagi ♦ Moly ♦ Partenope. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Ulysses": Demodocos ♦ Hecuba, HOMER ♦ Irus, Ithacensian Suitors ♦ Lestrigons, Lochiel ♦ Outis ♦ Palamedes of Lombardy, Philoctetes, Poorer than Irus ♦ Shaking Hands, Shields ♦ ULS, Ulysses' Bow ♦ Wooden Horse of Troy ♦ Zoilos. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Ulysses": Polyphemus. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ulysses" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (Ulysses). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland (1973) Ulysses (1967) Pink Ulysses (1990) 24 Stunden Ulysses (1985) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Ulysses Preparations. Credit: NASA. |  | In the Hudson River, New York, seen from Manhattan Island, probably during the funeral of ex-President Ulysses S. Grant in August 1885. Ship at the far right is USS Powhatan. If the event is actually Grant's funeral, the three sloops of war in the center are (from left to right) USS Alliance, USS Swatara and USS Omaha. The Revenue Cutter at left may be USRC U.S. Grant. Credit: NAVY. |
 | The working-man's banner. For President. Ulysses S. Grant "The Galena Tanner". For Vice-President. Henry Wilson. "The Natick shoemaker". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ulysses passing Coney Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Temptation of Ulysses. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Steady as she goes, Ulysses!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Colosseum, Rome, during Ulysses S. Grant's world tour. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ulysses S. Grant and group of tourists at Karnak, Egypt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Massaponax Church, Va. "Council of War": Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (left end of bench nearest tree) writing a dispatch. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | City Point, Va. Members of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's staff. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ulysses S. Grant | Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor. |
| I know only two tunes. One them is ''Yankee Doodle'' and the other isn't. | |
| I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation. | |
| I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent enforcement. | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And no doubt Ulysses, who was a prudent man, preached up passive obedience, and exhorted them to a quiet submission, by representing to them of what concernment peace was to mankind; and by shewing the inconveniences might happen, if they should offer to resist Polyphemus, who had now the power over them. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | With unrelaxed nerves, with morning vigor, sail by it, looking another way, tied to the mast like Ulysses. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Guinea-Bissau | A dispute with Great Britain over the island of Bolama was settled in Portugal's favor with the involvement of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. (references) |
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| "Ulysses" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.16% of the time. "Ulysses" is used about 119 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.16% | 118 | 29,674 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.84% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 119 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Ulysses" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ulysses | First name Male | 10,000 | 679 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Ulysses" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "hate". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Ulysses." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Odessa | Female | N/A | Odysseus |
| Ulyssa | Female | English | Ulysses |
| Ulysses | Male | English | Odysseus |
| Odysseus | Male | Greek Mythology | N/A |
| Ulisse | Male | Italian | Ulysses |
| Ulisses | Male | Polish | Ulysses |
| Ulysses | Male | Roman Mythology | Odysseus |
| Ulises | Male | Spanish | Ulysses |
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1. Ulysses, KS (city, FIPS 71975) 2. Ulysses, NE (village, FIPS 49460) 3. Ulysses, PA (borough, FIPS 78240) |
Expressions using "Ulysses": Hiram Ulysses Grant ♦ ulysses grant ♦ ulysses s grant ♦ Ulysses S. Grant ♦ Ulysses Simpson Grant. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Ulysses"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Одисей (Odysseus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 伊利亚斯. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Odysseus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Uliso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Ulysse, projet Modes de vie urbains,durabilité et évaluation environnementale intégrée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ulysses, Ulixes, Odysseus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Οδυσσέασ (Odysseus), Οδυσσεύσ (Odysseus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | progetto Stili di vita urbani,sostenibilit e valutazione ambientale integrata (project Lifestyles, Sustainability and Integrated Environmental Assessment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 율리시스. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yssesulay Ulisses (odysseus). (various references) улисс. (various references) proyecto Estilos de vida urbanos, sostenibilidad y evaluación integrada del medio ambiente (project Lifestyles, Sustainability and Integrated Environmental Assessment). (various references) Odysseus (Odysseus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Ulysses" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ulyses, ulysess. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-s-s-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: lyses, slues, yules. | |
-3 letters: less, leys, lues, lyes, lyse, sels, slue, sues, suss, uses, yule. | |
-4 letters: els, ess, leu, ley, lye, sel, sly, sue, use, yes. | |
-5 letters: el, es, us, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-s-s-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: pussleys, styluses. | |
+2 letters: uselessly. | |
+3 letters: sensuously, soullessly, syllabuses. | |
+4 letters: soundlessly, stressfully, subassembly. | |
+5 letters: dissuasively, joyfulnesses, submissively, successfully, successively, suspensively. | |
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