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No One (Nadie)

Index: El inmortal.

Fishburn and Hughes: "CF 194: The reference to 'No One' as Ulysses (Odysseus) stems from an episode in the Odyssey (book 9). Trapped in the cave of the Cyclops, who is eating his companions one by one, Ulysses offers the giant some wine and tells him that his name is 'No One'. When the Cyclops is in a drunken sleep, he blinds him. The next morning, after the prisoners have escaped, the Cyclops cries out to his companions that 'no one' has tricked him and put out his eye. They therefore leave him alone. Once safely back on his ship, Ulysses shouts his real name across the waters." (141)