Homer s and Kazantzákis Odysseys – Exile in two poems addresses the theme of exile from Ulysses perspective, one and only, one protagonist who embodies dramatically different characters. The two works written at very diverse times, propose more divergences than convergences between the two Greek narratives, but they embody one thematic capable of maintaining this main character and the problem of relevant exile through the ages. The current research operates an analysis of the trajectory of the heroic character Ulysses in the Odyssey of the legendary Homer (ca. 8th century BC) and in the modern Odyssey of the Greek Nobel Prize Nikos Kazantzákis (1883-1957). The thesis has three chapters. In the first chapter, the Homeric poem deals with the set of initial songs of the epic (songs IV-XII), aiming to depict the stages of the hero s nóstos (return) - a route that describes more than a series of fabulous adventures: a path is drawn here that instills in the protagonist the feeling of exile and some of its modalities; the other chants consolidate Ulysses perception regarding his reintegration towards his original belonging. The second chapter deals with Kazantzákis poem based on divergences in relation to the model: self-exile and the unusual options of the modern hero that impose themselves on both the narrative and the reading. The third chapter contains an anthology of modern and contemporary poetry (from the 19th-20th centuries) in which a select glossary of exile, present in the episodes of Greek epics analyzed and interpreted in their contrasts, is illustrated. Through this character, who experienced the exile perils in a superlative way in his journey, the theme of exile in literature was definitively pollinated. The volume of verses and episodes involved in the analysis guided the researcher towards the comparative method and the intertextual reading as the main criterion for approaching the texts (SHAW: 1973, p. 90), articulated according to the theme of exile. Poetic and political issues in a vast production of literary works, in the theater, in the cinema as well as in the plastic arts denote exile as a critical and reflective tool about