Odysseus : The Most Admirable Hero In The Epic's The Odyssey

Being able to conquer Troy, have the god Poseidon against you, and dealing with many life threatening things on your long journey home are all things Odysseus overcame. Odysseus is an epic hero for making the long journey home and defeating monsters along the way. Epic hero's typically have larger than life qualities, are extremely skilled fighters, and are natural leaders. They can be smarter than everyone else and stand alone. In this essay, the three traits that will be focused on for Odysseus are having larger than life qualities, being smarter than everyone else, and being a skilled fighter.

Constantly throughout the book, Odysseus shows great courage in any and every situation he is put in. We see this glimpse of courage when he fights the suitors, or when he saves his whole crew from the Cyclops. In book 9 as Odysseus and his crew are journeying through the cave of a Cyclops, Odysseus decides to make a very bold decision and blinds the Cyclops. “Hoisting high that olive stake with its stabbing point, straight ingo the monsters eye they rammed it hard.” (page 223, line 427-428) In this scene Odysseus drives a stake into his eye, in result blinding him. This was a very courageous decision because of the fact that he and his men are up against a Cyclops. At the same time, Cyclops’s are very strong and big, and Odysseus could have easily been killed . It turns out that the Cyclops is a offspring of Poseidon which put him and his crew into a lot of trouble and danger later in their journey, and if Odysseus knew that or not it was still a brave thing to do in order to save him and his crew at that moment.

The majority of those who read The Odyssey consider the protagonist of the story, Odysseus, a hero. On many occasions, however, Odysseus makes decisions beneficial to himself alone. For example, when Odysseus and his men find themselves on Polyphemus's island, Odysseus's actions are self-centered and at the expense of his men. This can be said for most of Odysseus's actions in the story, as his main objective is to reach his home. Having his men by his side when he returns seems a trivial thing to him. Odysseus could be considered a hero, but many of his actions say otherwise. Due to the many unfaithful and self-centered decisions he makes in the story, Odysseus is not a hero.

In Greek literature of mythology, we have examined Odysseus. Students and scholars alike have held debates about Odysseus. The discussion is whether Odysseus was a true hero, as read in The Odyssey. There is abundant supportive evidence to verify all sides of the debate and opinions held about Odysseus. Odysseus had encompassed many qualities that I believe make him a hero. The qualities he embodied were mental strength, physical strength, and spiritual strength. I would like to advocate for why Odysseus was a hero.

For generations, heroes have always fascinated people and people have strived to achieve certain qualities of their heroes. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is considered the hero of the story. While Odysseus does demonstrate some qualities that are not heroic, he is still defined as a hero because of his better, more heroic qualities in which he is far superior in than any other man. The qualities in which define Odysseus as a hero are courage, intelligence, and leadership.

Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus experiences many ups and downs throughout his journey home. He is throw into peril and there often seems to be no hope for his return home. While he remains victorious in the end, returning to his wife, son, and father, the poem itself is filled with many darker moments filled with doubt and sadness. Odysseus is the hero of the Odyssey, and in order to exist as a hero he must be relatable. His story cannot be one entirely of triumph, it must include a more human perspective. Triumph cannot come without strife, and heroism cannot come without tribulation. Athena and Odysseus’ experiences as divine and human, respectively, and define whether or not they are heroes. By comparing Odysseus to Athena, it is apparent that what makes Odysseus a hero before anything else is his humanity.

Odysseus is definitely a strong character. Not just physically strong, but mentally strong too. He is intelligent, arrogant, and godlike. Throughout the Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus proves that he is able to take on any challenge that he runs into headfirst. In Ancient Greece, Greeks looked up to him and wanted to be him, Almost like how Christians want to live like how Jesus or Mary did. People thought of Odysseus as a perfect person. He was one of the greatest ancient Greece heroes. Looking back on him now, he doesn’t look as excelling as he did to the people in ancient Greece. Calling Odysseus a hero is still up to debate today, but one thing for sure is that he is definitely a strong person.

Odysseus ' strongest character trait is his cleverness. When he and his men are stuck on the Cyclops’ island, they find themselves trapped in the cave of Poseidon 's son, Polyphemus. In order to close the entrance to the cave, a huge boulder must be moved to seal the doorway. No man or army of men could move the rock even in their wildest dreams. Odysseus knew that the one-eyed giant is their only way out. On the spot, Odysseus devised a plan in which he and his men stab Polyphemus in the eye. In pain and seeking help, the giant moved the boulder and opened the cave. Polyphemus cried for help from the other cyclops on the island. The Cyclopes called back to him and asked who or what was harming him. Odysseus told Polyphemus that his name was Nohbdy, so Polyphemus answered, “Nohbdy, Nohbdy’s tricked me, Nohbdy’s ruined me!” (Book IX l. 444) In order to escape, Odysseus told his men to hold on to the

Heroes are everywhere, no matter how small their heroic actions may be. However, what is a hero? A hero is someone who helps others without regard to themselves. A person like Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird, who put Tom Robinson in front of his own reputation, and was called a “black lover” in the racist community for doing the right thing. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus has done this more than once on his journey home, however he also has been selfish. Odysseus is a man who has been both heroic, like when he rescued his men from Circe, but he has also done unheroic actions, like when he didn’t tell his men about the dangerous bag of wind.

A hero is “A person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievement, or noble qualities.” Odysseus would be a good example of this because he is brave, he is always thinking of the others before himself, and he never surrenders, even knowing the dangers that await him. A hero for me is someone that thinks of the others before himself, someone kind, smart, and that is always looking for ways to do something good for others. When Odysseus and his men were going to confront Scylla, we can see that Odysseus shows a great act of heroism by saying: “I armed myself in hopes of defending my men from the enemy above” (Hinds 12-139). With this he gave us to understand that he would not surrender to the beast for his men, this shows leadership and empathy for others.

In this story a hero will rise above all Kyklops’s, sirens, wrathful gods, and six headed creatures. The book that contains this thrilling story is called The Odyssey which is written by the one and only Homer. Throughout this story the hero will face life or death situations that was made from the ruthless gods up in heavenly Olympus. The hero, Odysseus, will face challenge after challenge and turn out stronger than he ever was before. No matter what the powerful gods throw at the human, he will get back up and continue his mission. The fate of the hero will rely on the values the hero expresses towards the gods. Such as hospitality, loyalty, and cleverness.

“Heroes are made by the paths they choose not the powers they are graced with,” - Brodi Ashton. In the Odyssey --The Epic Hero is written by Homer, represents one does not have to obtain powers to be a hero. Odysseus reflects the heroic traits of the Greek culture because he is brave, an effective leader, a skilled warrior and is of high birth.

Being heroic? In truth, being hero isn’t recently characterized by winning. The word hero shows up in Greek culture with a twofold significant. First, it is utilizing for signifying a perfect being, who carried on with a mortal life however after doing some incredible deed demand to end up god. On the other hand, the heroes remains for extraordinary and overcome warrior who is prepared to give his life with a specific end goal to increase interminable magnificence, and keep on living in the social circle, in the memory of their descendants.

In the world today, it is obvious that people are flawed. Some of the time, bad qualities mask the good qualities. One great hero who has many good traits, still has bad ones. In The Odyssey, Homer uses internal and external conflicts to portray Odysseus as a clever and respectful, yet arrogant character.

The Odyssey by Homer is one of the first fictional stories written. It is an epic poem that originates in Ancient Greece. In it, the main character, Odysseus, is the king of the Greek island of Ithaca. He goes to fight in the Trojan War and leaves his wife, Penelope, and newborn, Telemachus, at home. The war ends and Odysseus heads home, but the Gods have other plans for him and his crew. Eleven of his twelve ships are lost when they land on an island full of cannibals. He goes on many adventures with his crew, from battling a cyclops, escaping lotus eaters, living on an island with a seductive witch for five years, talking to a dead prophet in the land of the dead, having the rest of his crew killed when they eat the Sun Cattle, escaping two ferocious sea monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, and many more adventures, he makes it home to find hundreds of suitors want to marry his still faithful wife. However, after being gone for twenty years, his wife and son still believed he was alive. Odysseus was given a disguise by the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena. Odysseus posed as a suitor for a competition. The competition was given by Penelope. Whoever was strong enough to string Odysseus’s bow and shoot it perfectly through many tiny holes is the person she would agree to marry. After many suitors failed to even string the bow, it was Odysseus’s turn. Odysseus strung the bow with ease and then shot it through the holes. Penelope was amazed, but still didn’t want