While in the beginning of the poem it is unknown why he has so much hatred for Odysseus, it is however later revealed that it is a personal matter rather than just disliking him. Odysseus who is without a doubt a courageous hero saved his men from a hideous fate, being eaten by Polyphemus. By stabbing him in the eye Odysseus blinds Poseidon’s and gets back on his ship with no problem. Odysseus’ one major flaw is his self-obsessiveness and how even in the darkest of times he will find a way to boast about himself. One situation where he makes a whole lot of trouble for our epic hero happens very early in the story. Once freed from Calypso’s enchanting island Poseidon is faced with a huge storm causing a major road block in his journey back home. Without holding anything back Poseidon gives him his worse, “With that he rammed the clouds together, both hands clutching his trident… churned the waves into chaos, whipping all the gales from every quarter, shrouding over in thunderheads the sea and earth at …show more content…
Dying of starvation with the leadership of Eurylochus the crew captures and kills every last animal. Helios the sun God who is now beyond irritated begs to the king, Zeus to punish Zeus and his men. Zeus tells Helios, "Son, you keep on shining among these deathless gods and mortal men across the good green earth. And as for the guilty ones, why, soon enough on the wine dark sea I'll hit their racing ship with a white hot bolt, I'll tear it into splinters." This ultimately shows how intense and extreme the God’s unlimited power is. Average human beings could not even comprehend the amount of power the Gods hold over them. They have the power to create and destroy effortlessly.
The story of Odysseus is a long one. It’s a poem that shows the determination and cunningness an epic hero, like Odysseus, must have to in the end achieve what they have been struggling to gain all along. While the Gods almost always prevail Odysseus’ wit and strength can overcome even the most intolerable