Odysseus — Troy Character Profile

About Odysseus

The cunning King of Ithaca who recruits Achilles for the Greek forces. He devises the Trojan Horse stratagem to infiltrate and sack the city, ultimately overseeing Achilles' funeral rites.

Odysseus appears in 3 titles

• Iphigenia (1977) — character page
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) — character page
• Troy (2004)

Character Facts

Played by

Sean Bean

Appears in

Troy (2004)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Odysseus — related — Hector (Eric Bana)
• Odysseus — Professional Recruiter — Achilles (Brad Pitt)

  Odysseus brings Achilles into the campaign through persuasion.

  Agamemnon sends Odysseus to persuade Achilles to join the Greek war effort.

• Odysseus — Alliance Strategic Ally — King Agamemnon (Brian Cox)

  Odysseus supplies the strategy that fulfills Agamemnon's ambition.

  Odysseus serves the Greek campaign and devises the Trojan Horse plan to infiltrate Troy.

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More characters from Troy

• Achilles (Brad Pitt)
• Paris (Orlando Bloom)
• Hector (Eric Bana)
• King Agamemnon (Brian Cox)
• Patroclus (Garrett Hedlund)
• Triopas (Julian Glover)
• Nestor (John Shrapnel)
• Thetis (Julie Christie)
• Menelaos (Brendan Gleeson)
• Glaucus (James Cosmo)
• Helen (Diane Kruger)
• Andromache (Saffron Burrows)