person
Ulysses
The Homeric wanderer whom some, Tacitus reports, believed to have reached Germany and founded Asciburgium.
Reading notes
- A Dialogue on Oratory §16 Ulysses
The Homeric wanderer; with Nestor, a figure of genuine antiquity, far older than the 'ancient' orators.
- The Germania §3 Ulysses
The Homeric wanderer some believed had reached Germany and founded Asciburgium — a tale Tacitus neither affirms nor denies.