7.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - Vengeance of the Gods
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1981
On his trip back to Earth, Ulysses' son is carried off by the Cyclops to give sight to his followers with Telemachus' life force. Ulysses destroys the Cyclops and saves Telemachus, Yumi and Numinor. In retaliation the ancient Gods then send his ship, the Odyssey, into an unknown part of space with the bulk of its crew cursed to remain lifeless, floating in mid-air until Ulysses finds the Kingdom of Hades.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - The Black Sphere
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1981
On an isolated asteroid Ulysses meets an old, blind, scholar called Heratos and his assistant, a young Zotrian woman named Atena. Heratos gives Ulysses a map that will lead him beyond the galactic glaciers - or so he claims.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - Cronus, Father of Time
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1981
Ulysses is saved from a Trident attack by Chronos, the god of time, who wants to use him as leverage to be allowed to reenter the home of the gods.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - The Lost Planet
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1981
Numinor is awaken when The Odyssey chances upon a satellite world that has strayed far from it's orbit around he and Yumi's home world. Ulysses, Telemachus, Nono, Numinor and Yumi head down to the planet and make the startling discovery that the entire population has been turned to stone by an evil Witch.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#5 - The Eternal Punishment
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1981
Ulysses encounters Sisyphus, a king condemned to fill a crater with boulders for all eternity for having dared to want the secret of immortality. Zeus has promised Sisyphus he can leave if he makes Ulysses take his place.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#6 - Mutiny on Board
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1981
A space storm revives the companions as crazed automatons who take over the ship and try to crash it into space glaciers.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#7 - Lost in the Labyrinth
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/30/1982
Princess Ariadne comes upon the Odyssey, and asks for Ulysses' help in saving her lover Theseus, who has been exiled to her father's labyrinth to be killed by the fearsome Minotaur.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#8 - At the Heart of the Universe
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1982
Mercurius, the bubble-dwelling "grandson of the gods," enlists Ulysses' help in taking a jewel from the brow of the giant Atlas under the promise that it will give him the power to send Ulysses home.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#9 - The Magician in Black
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1982
Ulysses is saved from an attack by the most powerful magician in the universe who breaks the gods' curse on his crew; however, as payment for his services, demands to hunt Ulysses's best men.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#10 - Calypso
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/20/1982
The Odyssey responds to a distress call from Queen Calypso, who tells him that if he saves her planet she will tell him the way back to earth. Calypso has been ordered by Zeus to betray Ulysses, but she falls in love with him and cannot carry out the gods' orders.
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7.0/101 votesLoading...#11 - The Kingdom of Hades
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/27/1982
In the final episode, Ulysses and his companions reach the Kingdom of Hades. They meet Orpheus, who seeks Ulysses' help to find his love, Eurydice, who has been taken to the Kingdom of Hades by Charon. Hades, the god of death, tells Ulysses that he must leave his companions behind if he wishes to return to Earth. He rejects the offer, which was a final test, and they all return home.
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6.0/101 votesLoading...#12 - Flowers of Fear
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1981
The Odyssey comes across a lifeless city world. On hearing that its people had the technology to bring the dead back to life, Yumi takes Numinor to the planet to revive him. However, she learns why there is no life in the city.
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6.0/101 votesLoading...#13 - Guardian of the Cosmic Winds
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1981
Aeolus, King of the winds, kidnaps Ulysses to provide entertainment for his daughter's birthday party. Unable to watch her father's cruel sport, she frees the captives and helps them escape.
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6.0/101 votesLoading...#14 - Secret of the Sphinx
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1981
Passing through the domain of the great Sphinx, Ulysses must answer his riddle to leave safely. His treacherous daughter kidnaps the children and plots to make Ulysses her slave.
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6.0/101 votesLoading...#15 - Temple of the Lestrigones
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1981
The Odyssey arrives on a tropical planet, where the ruling tyrant uses a magic prism to shrink them.
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6.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - Trapped Between Fire And Ice
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1981
Trying to help a stranded astronaut, Ulysses tries to find a hidden base on one of the deadly twin planets Scylla or Charybdis.
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6.0/101 votesLoading...#17 - The Seat of Forgetfulness
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1981
Ulysses follows a Trident carrier in hopes of learning more about the way out of Olympus, and finds himself trapped in bizarre worlds. To save the children, he will have to give up his memories.
Director: N/A
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6.0/101 votesLoading...#18 - The City of Cortex
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1982
The Odyssey is dragged to a planet populated by machines, and governed by the tyrannical computer Cortex. One of its inhabitants, a "female" robot named Nanette, falls in love with No-No.
Director: N/A
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6.0/101 votesLoading...#19 - The Lotus Eaters
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1982
Needing raw materials to repair the Odyssey, Ulysses travels to a world where the inhabitants are addicted to eating seeds which induce amnesia.
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5.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - Song of Danger
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1981
Pirates kidnap the children to force Ulysses and No-No to brave the danger of the Sirens, said to guard a map of the Olympus universe.
Director: N/A
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5.0/101 votesLoading...#21 - Phantoms from the Swamp
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/2/1982
Coming across a piece of Zotra that could bring Numinor back to life, Ulysses and Yumi pursue it to a swamp planet where they are ambushed by monsters who can copy their forms
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5.0/101 votesLoading...#22 - Before the Flood
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/9/1982
Ulysses and the crew land on a planet similar to prehistoric earth. They encounter a winged female named Sauria, whose people are under attack from mutant vultures called Keconopters.
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5.0/101 votesLoading...#23 - The Magic Spells of Circe
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1982
The crew of the Odyssey are enslaved by the magic of the enchantress Circe and turned into pig-people to build a tower that will house all the knowledge of the universe.
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5.0/101 votesLoading...#24 - The Hidden Truth
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1982
The shapechanger Nereus calls Ulysses for help when Shark Men, servants of the gods, take over his planet.
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5.0/101 votesLoading...#25 - Rebellion on Lemnos
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1982
Princess Hypsipyle of the planet Lemnos is found by Ulysses; she tells them that the women of her planet are being forced by the Shark Men to build ships for the gods.
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The Best Episodes of Ulysses 31
Every episode of Ulysses 31 ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ulysses 31!
Ulysses and his crew struggle against the divine entities that rule the universe, the ancient gods from Greek mythology.
Genres:KidsAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:France 3
Best Episodes Summary
"Vengeance of the Gods" is the best rated episode of "Ulysses 31". It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/1981. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Black Sphere".