Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses is a video game released in 2000, developed by In Utero and Cryo Interactive. The game uses the Cryogen engine, with characters who are able to move in real time 3D, in a pre-rendered environment. The game's universe stays faithful to Homer's the Odyssey, including its characters, Poseidon, Zeus, Cerberus and the Cyclops. Pénelope, who has had no news of Ulysses for many years, requests that Heritias set off in search of his childhood friend. Heritias first goes to Troy, the last place the leader of the Achaean troops was
Siege of Tauromenium (394 BC) Siege of Tauromenium (394 BC) The Siege of Tauromenium was laid down by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in the winter of 394 BC, in the course of the Sicilian Wars against Carthage. After defeating the Carthaginians at the Battle of Syracuse in 397 BC, Dionysius had been expanding his territory and political influence by conquering Sicel lands and planting Greek colonies in northeastern Sicily. Tauromenium was a Sicel city allied to Carthage and in a position to threaten both Syracuse and Messina. Dionysius laid siege to the city in the winter of 394 BC, but had to lift the siege