# Ulysses — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Ulysses in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ulysses

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

Hero from Greek mythology, referenced as an archetype.

## In the story

### [IV: Apophthegms and Interludes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/iv-apophthegms-and-interludes)

Invoked in aphorism 96 as a model for how to part from life: 'blessing it rather than in love with it.'

### [96](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/96)

Presented as the model for how one should part from life, as he parted from Nausicaa with blessing, not clinging love.

### [The Fundamental Will of the Spirit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/230)

Referenced metaphorically as the model for 'stopped Ulysses-ears,' deaf to metaphysical enticements.

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