Outis


Outis is an often used pseudonym. Artists, writers and others in public life use this pseudonym in order to hide their identity. The Latin equivalent Nemo is also often used.

Origin of the name

"Outis" was used as a pseudonym by the Homeric hero Odysseus, when he fought the Cyclops Polyphemus, and had put out the monster's eye. Polyphemus shouted in pain to the other Cyclopes of the island that "Nobody" was trying to kill him, so no one came to his rescue. The story of the Cyclops can be found in the Odyssey, book 9.
The name Nobody can be found in five different lines of Chapter 9. First of all in line 366:
Then in line 369:
Then in line 408:
In line 455:
And in line 460:

Uses of the pseudonym ''Outis''