Oe

abbr. oersted

OE

abbr.1. Football offensive end2. Old English

Oe

symbol for (Units) oersted

OE

abbreviation for (Languages) Old English (language)

Oë

(ˈaʊi) n (Biography) Kenzaburo (kɛnzəˈbʊrəʊ). born 1935, Japanese novelist and writer; his books include The Catch (1958), A Personal Matter (1964), and Silent Cry (1989): Nobel prize for literature 1994

O•e

(ˈoʊ eɪ)
n. Kenzaburo, born 1935, Japanese novelist: Nobel prize 1994.

OE

or O.E.,

Old English.

Oe

oersted.

Translations

Odysseus

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Odysseus

(ōdĭs`ēəs), Lat. Ulysses (yo͞olĭs`ēz), in Greek mythology, son and successor of King Laertes of Ithaca. A leader of Greek forces during the Trojan War, Odysseus was noted (as in the Iliad) for his cunning strategy and his wise counsel. He is the central figure of the Odyssey, which tells of his adventures after the fall of Troy. In post-Homeric legend, however, he was pictured as a wily, lying, and evil man. He avoided service in the Trojan War by feigning madness—until exposed by Palamedes, whom he later treacherously caused to be executed.

Bibliography

See E. Hamilton, Mythology (1942, repr. 1971).

Odysseus

(oh-diss -ee-ŭs. -diss -yooss) See Tethys.

Odysseus

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

Odysseus, asteroid 1,143 (the 1,143d asteroid to be discovered, on January 28, 1930), is approximately 174 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 12 years. Odysseus was named after the hero of Homer’s Odyssey. J. Lee Lehman associates this asteroid with the ability to view a situation from a fresh perspective, without projecting past experiences onto each new moment. Jacob Schwartz gives Odysseus’s astrological significance as “cleverness in solving problems.”

Sources:

Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis Horwood Limited, 1988.Lehman, J. Lee. The Ultimate Asteroid Book. West Chester, PA: Whitford Press, 1988.Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.

Odysseus

(Ulysses), in ancient Greek mythology, the king of Ithaca who won renown in the Trojan War; the hero of the poem The Odyssey, which tells the story of Odysseus’ long years of wandering and his return to his homeland.

Odysseus was known not only for his bravery but also for his clever and resourceful mind (hence his sobriquet “the crafty-minded”). Odysseus’ adventures and his return to his faithful wife, Penelope, were the subject of a number of literary works by such authors as Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides. Episodes from Odysseus’ life were depicted by artists on ancient vases and frescoes (for example, in Pompeii).

Odysseus

(Ulysses) varied adventures after the Trojan War kept him away from Ithaca for ten years. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey]See: Adventurousness

Odysseus

wily and noble hero of the Odyssey. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]See: Cunning

Odysseus

changed by Athena into an old beggar to avoid his recognition by Penelope’s suitors. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]See: Disguise

Odysseus

wily teller of tales. [Gk. Legend: Odyssey]See: Storytelling

Odysseus

(Ulysses) hero of the Trojan War wanders for seven years before returning home. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]See: Wandering

Acronym	Definition
Oe➣Oersted (CGS measurement unit of magnetic energy)
Oe➣Original Equipment
Oe➣Outboard Engine (boating)
Oe➣Otitis Externa
Oe➣Old English
Oe➣Outer Envelope
Oe➣Office Equipment (Hekimian)
Oe➣Open End
Oe➣Owner's Equity (accounting)
Oe➣Optoelectronics
Oe➣Outlook Express (Microsoft)
Oe➣Ohio Edison
Oe➣Output Enable
Oe➣On Examination (clinical notes)
Oe➣Office of Enforcement
Oe➣Operational Excellence
Oe➣oral epithelium
Oe➣Organizational Effectiveness
Oe➣Old Etonian (Eton College)
Oe➣Order Entry (CRM module)
Oe➣Operating Environment
Oe➣Open Embedded (computing)
Oe➣Open Enrollment
Oe➣Outcome Expectancy
Oe➣Owner's Engineer
Oe➣Operational Effectiveness
Oe➣Operating Expense
Oe➣Operating Experience
Oe➣Objective Evidence
Oe➣Ordnance and Explosives
Oe➣Oil Equivalent
Oe➣Operator Error
Oe➣Offline Explorer
Oe➣Optical to Electrical
Oe➣Operating Engineer
Oe➣Operaciones Especiales (Spanish: Special Operations)
Oe➣Overseas Experience (travel)
Oe➣Options Exchange
Oe➣Organizational Element
Oe➣Option Expiration
Oe➣Organizational Economics
Oe➣Operational Evaluation
Oe➣Old Edwardian (King Edward's School Birmingham)
Oe➣Oxytocin and Ergometrine
Oe➣Operational Error
Oe➣Operational Energy (US Army)
Oe➣Operating Envelope (OMS term)
Oe➣Opposing Elements
Oe➣Over Etch (semiconductor gate etching)
Oe➣Orbital Express (DARPA satellite servicing demonstration)
Oe➣Open Entries
Oe➣Operational Element
Oe➣Old Ellesmerian (club; UK)
Oe➣Optical Extension
Oe➣Over-equipped (gaming)
Oe➣Opportunity Enterprises, Inc (Valparaiso, IN)
Oe➣Over Exaggeration
Oe➣Officer of Elections (voting)
Oe➣Observatório Eleitoral (Portuguese: Electoral Observatory; Mozambique)
Oe➣Orthochromatic Erythroblast
Oe➣Oregon Electric Railway Company
Oe➣Occupational Entrance (high-school job preparation program)
Oe➣Optical Engineer/Ing
Oe➣Overlay Explorer