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Ulyssean, a.|juːˈlɪsiːən|
[f. L. Ulysses (also Ulixes), ad. Gr. Ὀδυσσεύς Odysseus, king of Ithaca and hero of the Odyssey.]
Of, belonging to, or connected with Ulysses; spec. characteristic of, or resembling, Ulysses in craft or deceit, or in extensive wanderings.
In quots. 1700, 1746 the metre shows the stressing to be Ulyˈssean.
1639T. Bancroft Epigr. & Epit. B 3 b, This Vlyssean course of yours Vs of your worthier qualities assures. 1676Bp. N. French Vnkinde Desertor xvi. Wks. 1846 II. 151 His subuerting our union with Vlyssean practizes. 1700Dryden Ovid's Met. xiii. 100 That this is not a Fable forg'd by me, Like one of his, an Ulyssean Lie. 1746Francis tr. Horace, Epist. i. vi. 95 Then let us..like th' abandon'd Ulyssean Crew, Our Ithaca forgot, forbidden Joys pursue. a1850Marg. Fuller Life Without & Within (1862) 55 It is said..that the modern Greeks are Ulyssean in this respect, never telling straightforward truth, when deceit will answer the purpose. 1875W. D. Geddes in Contemp. Rev. July 256 The pathos culminates in the Ulyssean part of the ‘Iliad’, the humour in the ‘Odyssey’ itself. 1889Scottish Leader 13 April 6 Sir Samuel Baker..is one of the best living specimens of the Ulyssean Englishman. |