Bala i- leyenda kwakunjani Ulysses, iqhawe elingumGreki, umsunguli weLisbon. Ubufakazi balokhu kungaba yilokho Lisboa, njengeRoma, uwelelene amagquma ayisikhombisa, ezobe izungeze idolobha lasekuqaleni.
Ngalesi sizathu, amaGrikhi abiza lo muzi Olissipo, igama okungaba ukutholwa kwe-etymological kwegama lomsunguli walo. Kusukela ezikhathini zamaGrikhi, le nganekwane ibilokhu ikhona futhi yathuthukiswa ikakhulukazi ngababhali baseLusitanian Ukuzalwa kabusha. Eqinisweni, inganekwane inobukhona obuqinile kakhulu ku- Nina bakaLuisíadas nguLuís de Camões
Inganekwane yaba umbono lapho Theophile Cailleux, Umthetho waseBelgium we-s. I-XIX, yenza ukuhumusha okuphelele kwe-Homeric geography, ngokusho u-Ulysses ayezodlula eLisbon evela enyakatho, ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic. I-Ulises ibizobe iseLisbon ngaphambi kokuzama ukuyifaka ku- ECape Malea (lapho uCailleux ehlangana neCape St. Vincent) ukufinyelela Ithaca.
Kunoma ikuphi, isisekelo seLisbon sikhona ngaphambili, ngokwazi ukuthi kunobufakazi bemivubukulo obunqumayo ubukhona bokuqala beFenike.
Ngisho nakwababhali asebevele bavuma ukuthi inkoleloze ibingaqinile, njenge I-Eça de Queiroz, bagcina i- Uhlobo lomuntu komqondo oqinisekise ukuthi u-Ulysses akatholanga indawo ebonakalayo, kepha umoya wamadoda aseLisbon. Inganekwane yokusungulwa kweLisbon ngeyeQueiroz isampula lamanani wesimo somuntu ngokuya nge ukungapheleli. Kwabanye ababhali, abanjengo UManuel Alegre, umoya womphakathi nezwi lokudingiswa. Konke lokhu kuhlobene nokujula kwefilosofi kaFernando I-Pessoa Ngokwesiko lesiPutukezi, okuthatha inganekwane njengento eyakhayo engokoqobo ephoqa umuntu ukuthi athathe isikhundla kwi indaba.