Outis

Outis is an often used pseudonym that appeared famously in Classical Greek legends. Modern artists, writers, and others in public life have adopted the use of this pseudonym in order to hide their identity and it has been used for fictional characters as well.

Ancient Greek origin of the pseudonym

[Image:Odysseus Polyphemos Cdm Paris 190.jpg|thumb|right|Blinding of the Cyclops]
The Homeric hero Odysseus used the pseudonym "Outis" when he was fighting the Cyclops Polyphemus and the monster demanded his name. Odysseus replied instead that the pronoun was his name in order to trick the monster. After Odysseus had put out the monster's eye, Polyphemus shouted in pain to the other Cyclopes of the island. When they shouted back, inquiring whether Polyphemus was in danger, he replied that "Nobody" was trying to kill him, so presuming that he was not in any danger, none of them came to his rescue. The story of the Cyclops can be found in the Odyssey, book 9.
Use of the name "Nobody" can be found in five different lines of Book 9.
First of all in line 366:
Then in line 369:
Then in line 408:
In line 455:
And in line 460: