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Ulysses is one form of the Roman name for Odysseus, a hero in ancient Greek literature. Ulysses may also refer to:


People

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Ulysses (given name) Ulysses ( , ; la, Ulyssēs, ) is one Latinized version of Odysseus. The name was made more famous in modern times by the American Civil War hero and eighteenth president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, by James Joyce's novel '' Ulysses' ...
, including a list of people with this name


Places in the United States

* Ulysses, Kansas * Ulysses, Kentucky * Ulysses, Nebraska * Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska * Ulysses, New York * Ulysses, Pennsylvania *
Ulysses Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania Ulysses Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 647. There are two Pennsylvania state parks in Ulysses Township. Denton Hill State Park is a ski resort along U.S ...


Arts and entertainment


Literature

* "Ulysses" (poem), by Alfred Lord Tennyson * ''Ulysses'' (play), a 1705 play by Nicholas Rowe * ''Ulysses'', a 1902 play by
Stephen Phillips Stephen Phillips (28 July 1864 – 9 December 1915) was an English poet and dramatist, who enjoyed considerable popularity early in his career. Biography He was born at Somertown near Oxford, the son of the Rev. Stephen Phillips, precentor o ...
* ''Ulysses'' (novel), by James Joyce * ''HMS Ulysses'' (novel), by Alistair Maclean * Ulysses (comics), two members of a fictional group in the Marvel Comics universe * Ulysses Klaue, a character in Marvel comic books * Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight, a light novel


Film and television

* ''Ulysses'' (1954 film), starring Kirk Douglas based on the story of Homer's ''Odyssey'' * ''Ulysses'' (1967 film), based on Joyce's novel * ''Ulysses'' (2011 film), a 2011 Chilean film * ''Ulysses'' (broadcast), a dramatised radio broadcast of Joyce's novel * ''
Ulysses 31 (french: link=no, Ulysse 31) is an anime series (1981) that updates the Greek mythology of Odysseus (known as "Ulixes" or "Ulysses" in Latin) to the 31st century. The show comprises 26 half-hour episodes as a co-production between DIC Audio ...
'', a French-Japanese anime television program * ''Ulixes'', a fictional spacecraft in the 4th season of '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''


Music

* ''Ulysse'' (Rebel), a 1703 French opera by Jean-Fery Rebel * ''
Ulisse ''Ulisse'' is an opera in a prologue and two acts composed by Luigi Dallapiccola to his own libretto based on the legend of Ulysses. It premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (in German translation by Karl-Heinrich Kreith as ''Odysseus'') on 2 ...
'' (1960–68), an Italian opera by Luigi Dallapiccola * ''Ulysses'', an English-language cantata by
Mátyás Seiber Mátyás György Seiber (; 4 May 190524 September 1960) was a Hungarian-born British composer who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1935 onwards. His work linked many diverse musical influences, from the Hungarian tradition of Bartó ...
* Ulysses (band) a German progressive rock band *
Ulysses (band) Ulysses is an American indie rock band formed by Robert Schneider (lead vocalist of The Apples in Stereo) along with John Ferguson and Ben Fulton in early 2003. Robert Beatty (of Hair Police) joined later that year. They released their first a ...
, an American band * ''Ulysses'' (EP), by Shimamiya Eiko * "Ulysses" (song), by Franz Ferdinand * "Ullyses", a song by Dead Can Dance from the album '' The Serpent's Egg''


Video games

* Ulysses 1994XF04, a fictional asteroid in the video game ''
Ace Combat is an arcade-style combat flight simulation video game franchise published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Namco. Debuting in 1995 with '' Air Combat'' for the PlayStation, the series includes eight mainline installments, multiple spi ...
'' * Ulysses, an assumed name of the antagonist of the '' Fallout: New Vegas'' expansion ''Lonesome Road''


Science and technology

* ULYSSES (cable system), a submarine communications cable network * Ulysses (robot), a bomb-detecting robot * ''Ulysses'' (spacecraft), a space probe designed to study the Sun * Ulysses (text editor), a software product for creative writing * Ulysses butterfly (''Papilio ulysses'') a butterfly endemic to Australasia * 5254 Ulysses, an asteroid * Typhoon Dolphin (2008), a 2008 Pacific Typhoon known as Ulysses in the Philippines *
Typhoon Vamco Typhoon Vamco, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ulysses, was a powerful and very destructive Category 4-equivalent typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam. It also caused the worst flooding in Metro Manila since Typhoon Ketsana i ...
, a 2020 Pacific Typhoon known as Ulysses in the Philippines


Sport

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Ulisses FC Ulisses Football Club ( hy, Ուլիս Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), commonly known as Ulisses, is a defunct Armenian football club from Yerevan. The club played at the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. They ...
, a defunct Armenian football club * Ulysses F.C., a former English football club


Vehicles


Maritime

* , a 116-meter expedition yacht * , four ships of the British Royal Navy * , any of several ships * , any of several ships ** SS ''Ulysses'' (1914), a World War I-era steel-hulled screw steamer * , any of several ships of the U.S. Navy ** USS ''Ulysses'' (ARB-9), a battle damage repair ship of the U.S. Navy


Other vehicles

* ''Ulysses'' (spacecraft), a space probe designed to study the Sun * Ulysses, manufactured by the Buell Motorcycle Company * ''Ulysses'' (later ''Grierson''), a GWR 3031 Class locomotive on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915


Other uses

* Ulysses Club, an international motorcycling club *
Ulysses (horse) Ulysses (foaled 20 March 2013) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a three-year-old he showed very good form, winning the Gordon Stakes and finishing fourth in the Breeders' Cup Turf. He was even better in 2017 when he ...
(born 2013), a thoroughbred racehorse


See also

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Odysseus (disambiguation) Odysseus is a character in Greek mythology. Odysseus may also refer to: * Odysseus (crater), a crater on Tethys, a moon of Saturn * Odysseus (e-mail client), an email program based on Eudora * ''Odysseus (polychaete)'', a genus of polychaete wo ...
, the Greek form of this name {{disambiguation, geo, ship