Head of Odysseus (Ulysses)

This sculpture is a head-portrait of Odysseus, also known by the Latin variant Ulysses, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in that same epic cycle.该雕塑为奥德修斯（Odysseus）的头像肖像，其拉丁语变体称谓为尤利西斯（Ulysses）。他是传说中的古希腊伊萨卡王国国王，亦是荷马史诗《奥德赛》的核心主人公；同时，奥德修斯在荷马的《伊利亚特》以及该史诗系列的其他作品中均占据关键地位。