Ulysses or Odysseus was the hero of Homer’s epic poem titled ‘The Odyssey’. He also played a significant role in ‘The Iliad’, also by Homer. He was the son of Laertes and Anticlea, and supposedly the great-grandson of Hermes, the messenger god of Olympus. He was married to the beautiful and wise Penelope and had a son, Telemachus. He ruled over the kingdom of Ithaca.