Odyssa

"Feminine form of Odysseus; long journey, one who suffers and causes pain"

♀ Weiblich · Greek
geographical literary adventurous variant

📖 Über Odyssa

Odyssa ist eine seltene weibliche Form von Odysseus, dem listigen griechischen Helden von Homers Odyssee (ca. 8. Jahrhundert v. Chr.), dessen zehnjahrige Heimreise aus Troja der englischen Sprache das Wort 'odyssey' (Odyssee) gab; ein Name von außergewöhnlicher literarischer Tiefe, der Ausdauer, Intelligenz und die Sehnsucht nach Heimkehr heraufbeschwort.

📍 Details

  • HerkunftGreek
  • Geschlecht♀ Weiblich
  • BedeutungFeminine form of Odysseus; long journey, one who suffers and causes pain

🔀 Varianten & Verwandte Namen

Odessa

⭐ Berühmte Persönlichkeiten

  • Odysseus (Homer's hero) — Legendary king of Ithaca and hero of Homer's Odyssey (c. 8th century BC); celebrated for his cunning intelligence (the Trojan Horse was his idea), his ten-year journey home from Troy, and his encounters with the Cyclops, Circe, Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the nymph Calypso; his name gave rise to the English word 'odyssey' as a synonym for any long, eventful journey.
  • Odessa (city, Ukraine) — Major Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea, founded in 1794 on the site of the ancient Greek colony Odessos; named after Odysseus and for centuries one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Eastern Europe — a crossroads of Greek, Jewish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Ottoman cultures; its name is directly linked to the same Odysseus root as Odyssa.
  • Penelope (Odysseus's wife) — Queen of Ithaca and wife of Odysseus in the Odyssey; celebrated for her fidelity and cunning during her husband's twenty-year absence (ten years at war, ten years journeying home); she delayed the importunate suitors by weaving and unravelling a shroud each day, and her name has become synonymous with loyal, patient devotion; her story is inseparable from the world that Odyssa's name evokes.
  • The Odyssey (Homer) — One of the foundational texts of Western literature, attributed to Homer (c. 8th century BC); an epic poem of 24 books recounting Odysseus's ten-year journey home from Troy; its influence on Western storytelling is immeasurable — the word 'odyssey' entered the English language as a common noun for any long, eventful journey, and the name Odyssa carries all of this literary and cultural weight.