One day Odysseus found himself trapped in the cave of Polyphemus who began killing his men. Odysseus then plied Polyphemus with wine and while he slept Odysseus pierced his eye with a burning stake. When Polyphemus woke he tried to sink Odysseus and his men escaping the island to the ship with rocks, but Polyphemus failing in the attempt, prayed to his father Poseidon to avenge…
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.…
“Odysseus’ Journey” The epic poem we all know shows much detail of struggles that is being thrown at the ‘Teller of Tales’ Odysseus. “The Odyssey” by Homer shows that Odysseus goes through so many things to get back home to his wife Penelope on the land of Ithaca, but which part is most importantly impacted on the hero? A hero’s qualities are most defined by his journey and adventure, not the end of it. Through the book, beginning to end Odysseus mostly shows Loyalty, Intelligence and Leadership.…
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.…
Odysseus tricks the cyclops and escapes. Out of anger, the cyclops…
If Odysseus did not taunt the Cyclops, he would not have risked even more of his men’s lives, which he never realized. Also occurring in “The Cyclops,” Odysseus…
Here, Odysseus takes his twelve best fighters with him and they venture up to a cyclopes' cave. THey could raid the cave and leave, but Odysseus wants to stay and see the cyclops. When the cyclops returns home to find the men in his cave, he tells them they are ninnies. The cyclops traps them and ends up eating a total of 6 men. Odysseus has to form a plan to make the cyclops drunk and stab him in the eye so they can escape.…
The island is full of signs of habitation, and they decide to investigate, finding a deserted cave shortly after. Inside they discover pens filled with lambs and an array of pails and baskets for making cheese. His men want to steal the fine cheese and hastily return to the ship, but Odysseus refuses wanting to see if this mysterious owner will offer them hospitality. A cyclops wanders into the cave, his strength and bulk terrifying the men. He milks his lambs, lights a fire, and turns around and spies Odysseus and his men hiding behind a rock.…
Some believe that Odysseus had the real one and they guess that he may have lost it or at least hid it somewhere while on his dreadfully long trip home from Troy.” “That limits our search from Troy to the Pillars of Hercules and anywhere in between.” Brutus declared a little bewildered. “Yes, but our best lead is Sicily where Odysseus dealt with the Cyclops.” “Will we have to deal with the Cyclops?”…
Journal Book 13: Arrival of Odysseus at Ithaca Compare and Contrast : In The Odyssey, by Homer, the arrival of Odysseus back home is a really important part of the story, as it was what he had been striving to do in the beginning of the epic novel. Odysseus ends up with the Phaeacians, and they decide to help them. Odysseus gets a nap on the trip, and they arrive at Ithaca, “Then the men left the timbered ship and came ashore, and straightway took Odysseus from the hollow ship-him.. and set him on the sands, still sunk in sleep. They also brought the treasure.. and laid it all together by an olive truck a little off the road” (Homer 160). Odysseus is not woken up when they arrive at Ithaca, and the Phaeacians simple place him there and leave.…
In the times of Greek mythology and epic hero writing, were epic heroes all the same?From the Greek epics The Odyssey by Homer and Perseus by Edith Hamilton, the reader can find out. In The Odyssey, epic hero Odysseus faces many challenges and must use larger than life strength and courage on his odyssey home to his family in Ithaca after the Trojan War. Perseus is a story about the demigod Perseus who goes on a journey, with the help of god Hermes and goddess Athena, in order to kill the Gorgon Medusa, proving himself and saving the woman he loves in the process. Odysseus and Perseus have many differences, such as their source of motivation and what they relied on to complete their journey, but they are still similar in that they both are determined enough to complete the task at hand.…
Nobody." (Homer, 18). Odysseus knows that if the Cyclops doesn't know his name, then once he leaves the Cyclops won't know who plundered his home and disabled him. Though he ruins this feat of intelligence by sharing his name, out of pride, later in the escape, it still asserts his ability to plan ahead and not be blindsided by future difficulties. When Odysseus and his men reach the island of the sun, Odysseus is told to steer clear of it, yet all his men beg to stay there for a while to rest.…
I walked into the courtroom with everyone’s eyes fixed on me. I turned to the left and sat down by polyphemus. Soft murmurs traveled through the room. I looked over at the defendant,odysseus, and gave him and his lawyer dwight a dirty, confident look. Apparently the whole room saw the look and murmurs got louder.…
Odysseus uses his cunning to escape. He cleverly tells Polyphemus that…
Odysseus is shown to be very cunning and sly. During his encounter with the Cyclops, Polyphemus, Odysseus and his men are trapped in his cave. He comes up with a plan to get the Cyclops drunk so he could blind him. Odysseus also tells the Cyclops that his name was Nohbody. “Cyclops, you ask my honorable name?…