# Ulysses — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Ulysses in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0028-canto-xxvi

## Who they are

Greek hero who recounts his final voyage in the eighth circle.

## In the story

### [Canto XXVI: The Eighth Bolgia – Ulysses and Diomed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxvi)

The Greek hero punished as an evil counsellor; he narrates his final, ill-fated voyage beyond the known world.

### [Canto XXVII: St. Peter's Reproof and the Ascent to the Primum Mobile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxvii)

Referenced in Dante's view of the 'mad track' of his voyage past Gades.

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