Who Is the Most Epic Hero? Odysseus is the most epic hero. After fighting for ten years in the Trojan War, Odysseus and his crew travel home to Ithaca. The face many obstacles and monsters on their journey that should take two weeks but ends up lasting ten years.…
Homer, author of The Odyssey, tells a lengthy epic of Odysseus. He is the protagonist of the tale, told to be one of the most heroic Greek heroes. Homer spares nothing while writing one of the most well known Greek stories, making sure Odysseus is portrayed as the amazing hero. The heroic attributes of Odysseus is described implicitly and explicitly. Some examples of how he’s been described as heroic is by his intelligence.…
Since the beginning of recorded history, man has been telling grand adventure stories; exciting tales of heroes defeating enemies, seeking treasure, and experiencing perilous tribulations. “The Odyssey”, by the Greek poet Homer, is one of the most famous epics to date. It follows the adventures of the Greek king, Odysseus, as he travels through the Mediterranean, trying to return home. The protagonist of an epic is called the “epic hero”, and he must exhibit certain characteristics to fulfill this title: he must represent the values of his culture, be either aided or hindered by the gods, and demonstrate one or more character flaws. Because he meets all three criteria, Odysseus can be considered the definitive epic hero.…
Can Odysseus be considered an Epic Hero? Odysseus is considered an epic hero because he demonstrates braveness. In the poem Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus proves he is an epic hero. Odysseus is an epic hero because he helps protect his crew and is loyal to everyone.…
In The Odyssey, written by Homer in the late eighth century B.C., the main character is Odysseus. He is king of the island Ithaca and has been gone from his country for ten years at war and spends an additional ten years on his journey home. During his return, he leads his men across the ocean, facing many obstacles. He encounters The Cyclops, Poseidon, Sirens, and many other mystical creatures. All of his men perish during the journey; some by their own fault, others by Odysseus’s mistakes.…
Now she spoke aloud to him and addressed him in winged words: ‘Telemachos, you are to be no thoughtless man, no coward, if truly the strong force of your father is instilled in you; such a man he was for accomplishing word and action.” (Homer, Book 2, Page 1015) This is a source of a epic hero because, he was in the presence of mystical beings, as a helper or companion and Athena is one of Zeus's daughter that helps Odysseus decide what he should do while he is on his quest, showing him what to do when they were stuck in the cyclops cave and that was all Athena's advice. In conclusion, Odysseus is an epic hero because he saved his team from a cyclops and he has a trusted campaign to help in on his…
In “The Odyssey” there are many things that show that Odysseus is not an epic hero. For example whenever he loses his men Odysseus carries on as if nothing happened, when Odysseus and his men got off of Circe’s island Odysseus forgot to bury one of his best shipmates and only in the underworld did his fallen shipmate have to go tell Odysseus to bury him. On the contrary, when Odysseus and his men left the Cyclopes island, he started taunting Polythemus and even after it almost got all of him and his men killed, he taunted Polythemus again despite the fact that his shipmates told him to stop. Finally, Odysseus did not care to tell his men what was in the bag that Aeolus gave him, since Odysseus kept it secret his men thought that the bag contained…
Odysseus, the man, the myth,the legend, the hero? I believe Odysseus is a hero despite some of his actions I think he is a beast. I think Odysseus is a hero because he safely navigated out of a storm that came out of Poseidon's wrath. He also escaped Polyphemus and his island of cannibalistic cyclops. He also killed off the strongest men in Ithaca and took back his kingdom.…
The whole reason why it takes Odysseus so long to reach home is that Odysseus needs an epic challenge to prove that he is an epic hero. The crew being disloyal on the island of Helios shows Odysseus as the epic hero. On the island of Helios, Odysseus warns his crew and tells them not to eat Apollo’s cattle. “They quickly swore the oath that I required.” (12.328).…
Odysseus has a multitude of traits for him to be qualified as a true hero. In the classic novel The Odyssey written by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, the reader experiences Odysseus’s journey back to his home after the Trojan War. Odysseus experiences many obstacles and encounters many mythical creatures and Greek gods and goddesses who help and hinder his journey home. Odysseus is considered a hero because he exhibits many characteristic of the “Archetype of a Hero”. The main two that are shown multiple times throughout the course of the book are that he comes face to face with death/ accomplishes many heroic feats and defends and protects civilization/ helps the weak and helpless (The Archetype of a Hero).…
The Odyssey by Homer is an epic about king named Odysseus, that goes to war in Troy and doesn’t come back after 20 yr because he didn’t thank the gods for helping him in the war. In The Odyssey, Homer clearly develops odysseus as an epic hero. He is capable of great strength and courage, He travels over vast setting, he faces supernatural foes and receives supernatural help. Through his great strength and courage, readers infer that Odysseus is an epic hero.…
He showed intelligence, courage, skill, arrogance and strength ect.. Most of these traits are what makes Odysseus an Epic Hero. The ancient Greeks found all of these traits admirable because these traits are what make Odysseus a true hero. Strength, intelligence and courage are the most favorable and most common traits a hero would have. Most people would enjoy reading or watching a movie of a hero with all these traits, because without these traits it 'll be very dull.…
A hero should have the traits of loyalty, courage, and cunningness. The main character , Odysseus, from The Odyssey by Homer has traits of a epic hero. Odysseus shows these traits multiple times. He denies Calypso and Circe`s offer to stay with them, thinks before acting, and creates a intelligent plan to save his men.…
Odysseus faces many battles along the way while showing off man different characteristic; he can be seen as clever and strong while arrogant and stubborn at times but in the end a real hero. Traditionally, ancient Greek heroes had all of the same faults and characteristics of any other human and rather not being depicted as paragons of virtue, which is how we would generally view them as in today’s cultures. However, the heroes of the Greek culture were given some kind of superhuman abilities as they originated from a single immortal god/goddess. In the text, The Odyssey, the main character Odysseus is known as the epitome of a heroic figure.…
“The Odyssey” is an epic poem that consists of 24 books and is told by the creator, Homer, during the ancient Greek times. All epic poems contain an epic hero, this classifies a specific person as the protagonist of the story that goes above the readers expectations. Odysseus is an epic hero because of his intelligence, bravery, and glory. Odysseus is an epic hero because of the intelligence that he displays throughout the poem. Odysseus shows his intellect by his ability to think under an immense amount of pressure.…