Verenga iyo leyenda chii chaive Ulysses, gamba reGreek, muvambi weLisbon. Humbowo hweizvi hunogona kunge ihwohwo Lisboa, kufanana neRoma, inoyambuka zvikomo zvinomwe, iyo yaizokomberedza guta rekutanga.
Neichi chikonzero, maGiriki akadana guta Olissipo, iro zita rinozove rinotora etymological yezita remuvambi wayo. Kubva panguva dzechiGreek, ngano yakaramba iripo uye yaikurudzirwa zvakanyanya nevanyori veLusitanian ve Kuberekwazve. Muchokwadi, ngano ine kuvapo kwakasimba kwazvo mu Imi maLuisíadas rakanyorwa naLuís de Camões
Ngano yakava dzidziso apo Theophile Cailleux, Mutongi weBelgium weiyo s. XIX, yakaita dudziro yakazara yeHomeric jogirafi, maererano neizvo Ulysses angadai akapfuura kuburikidza neLisbon ichibva kuchamhembe, kuyambuka Atlantic. Ulises angadai ari muLisbon asati aedza kuishandura iyo Cape Malea (iyo Cailleux inosangana neCape St. Vincent) kusvika Ithaca.
Chero zvazvingaitika, hwaro hweLisbon ndohwekutanga, maererano nekuti pane humbowo hwekuchera matongo hunosarudza aimbova kuvapo kweFenikiya.
Kunyangwe kune vanyori vakatobvuma kuti ngano yakanga isina kusimba, senge Eca de Queiroz, vakachengeta a Chinyorwa chevanhu yemafungiro akasimbisa kuti Ulysses haana kuwana nzvimbo yepanyama, asi mweya wevarume veLisbon. Ngano yekuvambwa kweLisbon ndeyeQueiroz muyenzaniso wehunhu hwemamiriro emunhu maererano ne kusakwana. Kune vamwe vanyori, vakadai murume anofara, mweya wevanhu uye izwi rekutapwa. Zvese izvi zvine chekuita nekudzika kwehunyanzvi hwaFernando Pessoa mutsika dzechiPutukezi, izvo zvinotora ngano sechinhu chinovaka chechokwadi chinomanikidza munhu kutora chinzvimbo chinoshanda mu nhau.