How to Use Odysseus in a Sentence

Odysseus

noun

• In the film, Goodheart evokes the story of Odysseus and the sirens to describe the allure.
  — Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• The Odysseus lander is a little wider than a hot-dog stand.
  — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Within a week of landing near the south pole, Odysseus was on the verge of powering down for good.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• That’s Odysseus—the wiliness, that idea of the cunning trickster.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 26 June 2022
• There’s a man called the Odysseus of Honey who travels around by boats getting fresh honey from the bees.
  — Mark Ellwood, Fortune Europe, 6 Apr. 2024
• Small Ithaka, known to Homer fans as the home of Odysseus, is still relatively undiscovered.
  — Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
• Now few and literally far between on this golden island are the homes that still occupy the very edge of the sea once sailed by Odysseus.
  — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
• In Greek mythology, Parthenope, as she is known in English, is the name of a siren who having failed to entice Odysseus with her songs, cast herself into the sea and drowned.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
• Earlier this week, the company posted images from Odysseus’ journey to the moon showing Earth in the background.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2024
• On Sunday, the Odysseus 6K went on its fourth dive since arriving at the recovery site, company officials said in a statement.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• In Greek mythology, Parthenope is a siren who casts herself into the sea after failing to entice Odysseus with her songs, washing up on a rock foundation where Naples lies.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023
• But when he’s prodded into a brawl, Odysseus reveals his fighting skills, managing to kill his much larger and younger opponent.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
• The 61-year-old Englishman went through a grueling regimen of diet, running and weight training to carve out a muscular, wiry frame for Odysseus.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
• Over the weekend, the U.S. private spacecraft Odysseus, which launched to the moon on February 15, was declared to be permanently dormant after failing to radio from the lunar south pole.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• The spacecraft, named Odysseus, touched down near the south lunar pole, a region rich in deposits of water ice, which could be used by future crews for breathable oxygen, rocket fuel, and drinking water.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Aug. 2024
• Enlarge / Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is shown shortly before touching down on the Moon.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
• The lander’s developer, Intuitive Machines, has been trying to reestablish communication with Odysseus in the hopes that a solar charge would restore its capabilities.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024