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This paper explores the different ways in which the relationship between Odysseus and an Aitolian hero, Thoas, is realized in ancient Greek epic. Odysseus paints an unflattering picture of Thoas in the Odyssey, yet the two are allies in the Iliad and in non-Homeric accounts of Odysseus' "post-Odyssey" life, and both antagonism and sympathy between them can be discerned in the Ilias parva and the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women. Here it is argued that epic geography offers a partial explanation for the association of Odysseus and Thoas generally, and that their antagonism in the Odyssey alludes to conflicts between canonical and non-canonical accounts of Odysseus' return. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]