Ulysses

Ulysses is derived from Ulixes, the Latin name for Odysseus, a character in ancient Greek literature. For more on the name Ulysses, see Ulysses (given name).

Ulysses may also refer to:

Literature and film

• The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
• HMS Ulysses (novel), by Alistair Maclean
• Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and hero of the Odyssey
• Ulysses (broadcast), a dramatised unabridged radio broadcast of the novel
• Ulysses (1955 film), starring Kirk Douglas based on the story of Homer's Odyssey
• Ulysses (1967 film), based on the novel
• Ulysses (2011 film), a 2011 Chilean film
• Ulysses (novel), a novel by James Joyce
• "Ulysses" (poem), by Alfred Lord Tennyson
• Ulysses (Pantheon), two members of the Pantheon, a fictional group from Marvel Comics
• Ulysses 31, a French-Japanese anime television program
• Ulysses's Stress, a play by Eduardo Rueda Vasquez

Music

• Ulysses (band), an American band
• Nation of Ulysses (band), an early 90's American punk band
• Ulysses (EP), an EP released by Shimamiya Eiko
• "Ulysses" (song), a song by Franz Ferdinand
• "Tales of Brave Ulysses (song)", a song by Cream
• "Ullyses (song)", a song by Dead Can Dance

Geography

• Ulysses, Kansas
• Ulysses, Kentucky
• Ulysses, Nebraska
• Ulysses Township, Butler County, Nebraska
• Ulysses, New York
• Ulysses Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania

Technology

• Ulysses (robot), a bomb-detecting robot
• ULYSSES (cable system), a submarine communications cable network
• Ulysses (text editor), a software product for creative writing

Vehicles

• Ulysses (spacecraft), a space probe designed to study the Sun
• Ulysses (motorcycle), a model manufactured by the Buell Motorcycle Company
• MV Ulysses, a number of ships with this name
• HMS Ulysses, several ships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Ulysses (ARB-9), a battle damage repair ship of the U.S. Navy
• SS Ulysses (Panama Collier No. 1), a World War I–era steel-hulled screw steamer
• Ulysses was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; renamed Grierson after 1895

People

• Ulysses Gomez (born 1983), Mexican-American mixed martial arts fighter
• Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), American General and the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877)
• Ulysses is the middle name of fictional character Dr. Perry Cox on TV show Scrubs and Guybrush Threepwood from the adventure game series Monkey Island series.

Other uses

• Ulysses butterfly (Papilio ulysses) a metallic blue butterfly endemic to Australasia, commonly referred to as the Ulysses
• Ulysses Club, an international club for older motorcyclists
• Ulysses 1994 XF-04, a fictional asteroid in Ace Combat
• 5254 Ulysses, an asteroid

See also

• All pages beginning with Ulysses