E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Ou’tis (Greek, nobody).
A name assumed by Odysseus in the cave of Polyphmos. When the monster roared with pain from the loss of his eye, his brother giants demanded from a distance who was hurting him: “Nobody,” thundered out Polyphemos, and his companions went their way. Odysseus in Latin is Ulysses.
mos. When the monster roared with pain from the loss of his eye, his brother giants demanded from a distance who was hurting him: “Nobody,” thundered out Polyphemos, and his companions went their way. Odysseus in Latin is Ulysses.
