"Ulysses" is a play by the eighteenth century British writer Nicholas Rowe. The play is set in the Greek court of Ulysses where tragedy unfolds during a succession dispute. The dispute revolves around Penelope, wife of Ulysess and therefore Queen of Ithaca. As her husband had been off on his decade long adventure, suitors in their droves attempted to court the queen. She has rebuffed them all. Yet when Ulysess returns, he pretends to be Aethon, a visting king who wants to tempt her too, with tra...