In old Greek stories, Odysseus is the king of Ithaca, a small island, and the husband of Penelope. He is the main person in Homer's long poem The Odyssey.

In old Greek stories在古希臘故事裡 Odysseus is the king of Ithaca, a small island奧德修斯是一座小島伊薩卡的國王 and the husband of Penelope也是潘妮洛普的丈夫 He is the main person in Homer's long poem The Odyssey他是荷馬長詩《奧德賽》裡的主角

He spent ten years fighting at Troy, then another ten years trying to get home, meeting monsters, storms, and people who wanted to stop him.

He spent ten years fighting at Troy他在特洛伊打了十年的仗 then another ten years trying to get home接著又花了十年試圖回家 meeting monsters, storms, and people who wanted to stop him一路遇到怪物、暴風雨,以及想阻止他的人

People remember him as brave, but even more as clever: he thinks of tricks (the wooden horse is the famous one) and he tells many lies to stay alive and to win.

People remember him as brave人們記得他勇敢 but even more as clever但更記得他聰明 he thinks of tricks他會想出計謀 (the wooden horse is the famous one木馬就是最有名的一個) and he tells many lies to stay alive and to win而且為了活命和取勝說了很多謊

In Roman tellings of the same stories his name is Ulysses. When English speakers later say a trip was “an odyssey,” they mean a long, hard journey with many problems — that everyday use grew from this man's story, not from a second meaning of the name itself.

In Roman tellings of the same stories在羅馬版本的同樣故事裡 his name is Ulysses他的名字是尤利西斯 When English speakers later say a trip was “an odyssey,”當英語使用者後來說一趟旅程是「an odyssey」時 they mean a long, hard journey with many problems他們是指一趟漫長、艱辛、問題重重的旅程 that everyday use grew from this man's story這種日常用法是從這個人的故事發展出來的 not from a second meaning of the name itself而不是這個名字本身有第二個意思