Ulysses

Roman name for Odysseus, the Greek mythological hero.

Ulysses

Space probe to study the Sun's poles, launched in 1990 by a US space shuttle. It is a joint project by NASA and the European Space Agency. In February 1992, the gravity of Jupiter swung Ulysses on to a path that looped it first under the Sun's south pole in 1994 and then over its north pole in 1995 to study the Sun and solar wind at latitudes not observable from the Earth. Ulysses continues to return data to Earth.

Ulysses

Novel by James Joyce, published 1922. Using the basic plot of the Odyssey, Joyce matches equivalent episodes to a day in the life of characters in Dublin in 1904. Using stream of consciousness techniques and linguistic mastery, Joyce transforms the smallest and most sordid details of everyday life.

It was first published in Paris but, because of obscenity prosecutions, not until 1933 in the USA.