#ulysees

[bumblebeeleee]

Just finished lonesome road from fallout new vegas and man 

im gonna miss his gravel filled buttery voice 

[papirlife]

So here’s a fun bit of trivia for you people.

I’ve never actually looked this up before but apparently the name ‘Ulysses’ has several meanings, the most common ones being wrathful, hated one or wounded.

Additionally, Ulysses is the Roman/Latin variation of the Greek name Odysseus, who was the hero of Homer’s epic.

While the origins of the name are still speculated, Odysseus has come to mean ‘victim of enmity’ which can be simplified to mean victim of hostility, antipathy or aggression. It can also mean “full of wrath”.

Odysseus is thought to originate from the Greek verb ὀδύσσομαι (odussomai) which roughly means “to be wroth against” or "to hate". It’s also been traced back to the verbs to ὀδύρομαι oduromai (oduromai) which means to “to lament, bewail”,or even to the verb ὄλλυμι (ollumi) which means “to perish” or “to be lost”.

Long story short, Ulysses is the Roman equivalent of Odysseus, and to sum it up, the mans name literally means wrath, anger, sorrow, hate and pain as a rough interpretation.

And that explains a lot.

What I’m saying is that Ulysses was likely not his given name but the one he chose after the catastrophe at the Divide since we know how much he’s obsessed with symbolism, plus it also alludes to his role in Caesar’s legion since again Ulysses is a name of Latin origin and that’s likely where he was exposed to it in the first place.

Anyways, I just thought this was a fun bit of trivia and it sent me down a rabbit hole of Greek and Roman mythos, so I thought I’d share. The devs certainly put a lot of thought into this and I respect that.

[a-ghostly-state]

Jokes on you graham, we don’t need to cover you in pitch to roast you

[nero-arts]

Old world flag

Ulysses

[mysteriousartcentury]

Attributed to Sidney Harold Meteyard (1868-1947), Penelope at her loom, oil on canvas, 99 x 66 cm. Sold at Christie's for GBP 43,750.

[tiger-manya]

Today I've read some lines from Hynes for our local annual reading of Ulysses. We were on episode 6, so I dressed my best for the Paddy Dignam's funeral (even though nobody saw that through Zoom).

Overall, a pretty eventful Bloomsday.

[harveybwabbit92]

[For the last week Lydia has been disguising herself as a man to infiltrate the Omertas crime family, she with the help of Boone and Gannon, who are pretending to be interested buyers of some of the girls, have finally found proof that the dancers and prostitutes came from slave trades with the Legion and through other means and are planning to bomb the strip.]  

Boone: Okay, we have have all the proof are we going to the embassy or the old man?

Arcade: I’m not having this discussion until Lydia takes that stupid beard off!

[Boone grabs Lydia’s fake beard and much to the redhead’s protest rips it off, pulling some of Lydia’s facial hair and skin with it, leaving red marks where the glue was holding it on her face.]

Lydia:” *tears up. lip quivers* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh

 [her pained scream echoes throughout the strip- Freeside everyones looking at the strip north gate scared and confused.]

*Ahhhhhhh*

[ cut to an aerial shot of Vegas.] 

*Aaaahhhhhh* 

[Ulysses at his camp site looking up at the sky bemused]

*Aahhhhhhhhhhhh* 

[the fort: Caesar is watching a gladiatorial match he reaches for a goblet of wine, when Lydia’s scream is heard through out the camp, causing him and everyone to stop what they’re doing and look around trying to figure out what the hell is that?]

*Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh* 

[Zion Canyon, Follows-Chalk,Joshua and Daniel are sitting around a campfire talking when a noise causes them to stop and look at the sky.] 

Follows-Chalk:....Lidi?

[Daniel looks at Joshua concerned. cut back to Vault 21]

Boone: *holding the beard staring at the still screaming redhead stunned*

Lydia: aahhh...Fuck! Why would you rip it off like that?!

Arcade: why’d you glue it to your face?!

Lydia: Why not?!

[princemannikin]