Definition of ulysses Ulysses

/julɪˈsiz/ - [yuliseez] - U•lys•ses

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What does ulysses mean?

Noun
ulysses - (Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus

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Ulysses is the Latin name for Odysseus, a character in ancient Greek literature.
novel
Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce. The complete book was first published in 1922, although parts of it had appeared elsewhere earlier.

The story takes place on a day in 1904, and is about a man named Leopold Bloom, who walks around Dublin. The day is June 16, 1904. The book also tells the story of Molly Bloom, his wife, and of Stephen Dedalus, a school teacher.

The book became famous for several reasons, but mainly because it is written in a new style called stream of consciousness. The book is now thought to be an important book of modernist literature. Many professors and teachers teach this book in universities and colleges.
spacecraft
Ulysses was a space probe or spacecraft launched by NASA in 1990. Its main aims were to study the Sun and the planet Jupiter.