/ Dictionary / Index O Odysseus: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: O•dys•se•us Pronunciation: (ō-dis'ē-us, ō-dis'ys), [key] — n. Class. Myth. king of Ithaca; son of Laertes; one of the heroes of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey: shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War. Latin, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: odysseus (Thesaurus) -odynia Odyssey Related Content Daily Word Quiz: nonchalant Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language