The South Side neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, in April. The nationâs median householdâs income in 2015 was $56,500, up 5.2 percent from the previous year. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times.
The Short Story and Myth of Odysseus and the Sirens. The myth about Odysseus and the Sirens is featured in the book entitled The story of Odysseus and the Sirens is featured in the book entitled Old Greek Folk Stories by Josephine Preston Peabody, published in 1907 by Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
Odysseus (/oÊËdÉªsiÉs, oÊËdÉªsjuËs/ ; Greek: á½Î´ÏÏÏÎµÏÏ [odysËsews]), also known by the Latin name Ulysses (US /juËËlÉªsiËz/ , UK /ËjuËlÉªsiËz/ ; Latin: UlyssÄs, UlixÄs), was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer 's epic poem the Odyssey.dysseus has traditionally been viewed in the Iliad as Achilles's antithesis: while Achilles's anger is all-consuming and of a self-destructive nature, Odysseus is frequently viewed as a man of the mean, renowned for his self-restraint and diplomatic skills.