Naming Odysseus

Odysseus is a man of many attributes and names. Listed below are some of the name given to him in the poem. • Book 14, line 553 "Odysseus, full of tactics" • Book 16, line 188 from Athena "Odysseus, old campaigner" • Book 16, line 210 "long enduring, great Odysseus" • Book 17, line 122 "strong, enduring Odysseus" • Book 18. line 144 "the one who knew the world" • Book 18, line 403 "Odysseus, raider of cities" • Book 18, line 414 "Odysseus, master of many exploits" • Book 19, line 112 "Odysseus sat, man of many trials" • Book 19, line 112 "Odysseus, master of craft" • Book 19, line 130 "I am a man who'd had his share of sorrows" • Book 19, line 185 "the master improviser" • Book 19, line 254 "Odysseus, the great master of subtlety" • Book 19, line 300 "the man of craft" • Book 19, line 463-4 "let his name be Odysseus. . . the Son of Pain, a name he'll earn in full" • Book 19, line 563 "the cool tactician" • Book 19, line 656 and 661 "man of exploits" • Book 20, line 36, from Athena "the unluckiest man alive" • Book 20, line 39 "the wily fighter" • Book 20, line 46 from Athena "impossible man" • Book 20, line 185 "the crafty man" • Book 20, line 201 "the wily one" • Book 20, line 366 from Agelaus "that great, deep man" • Book 20, line 414 "great and strong as a god" • Book 21, line 306 – "the king of craft" • Book 21, line 451 "mastermind in action" • Book 22, line 1 "Odysseus, master of craft and battle" • Book 22, line 34 "the wily fighter Odysseus" • Book 22, line 123 and 211 "mastermind of war" • Book 22, line 171 "wily captain" • Book 22, line 178 "master of tactics" • Book 23, line 85, from Eurycleia "crafty rascal" • Book 23, line 146 "master of tactics" • Book 24, line 129, from Agamemnon "Odysseus, raider of cities" • Book 24, line 184 "the soul of cunning" • Book 24, line 210, from Agamemnon "Happy Odysseus," this is the first time Odysseus is referred to as being happy • Book 24, line 212 "mastermind" • Book 24, line 257 "long-enduring Odysseus" • Book 24, line 324 from Laertes "that most unlucky man" • Book 24, line 595 from Athena "master of exploits"