The character Odysseus is a brave king of Ithaca who is always navigating a journey or adventure while facing many challenges. Throughout the journey, he stays determined to achieve his goal, which is to reunite with his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. In the book The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is seen as a wandering hero who overcame all obstacles that put his life or his family in danger. Odysseus proved to the gods and his family that he is a true hero who will defeat anyone in his path. The events surrounding the character Odysseus establish the theme of a wandering hero, showing that people must stay determined in order to regain everything that was once lost. Odysseus proved himself a true hero once he and his crew reached the island of the Cyclops, where he would meet Poseidon’s son, Polyphemus.
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When Polyphemus returns, he kills three of his men and locks the other nine in cages, saving the others for later. The large cyclop also saw the wine that Odysseus had put in, making him drunk with no awareness. A fire and a stick were in reach of Odysseus while in the cage, so he “drove the sharp end of the beam into the monster’s eye, and bearing upon it all my weight, I kept turning it.” (Homer 178). This shows Odysseus’s strength and intelligence as a wandering hero who saved his crew from death on a journey home. Subsequently, the men escape with Polyphemus’s sheep and proceed on their journey home. As Odysseus bravely entered the Underworld, his determination to complete his journey as a wandering hero increased. When Odysseus reaches the Underworld, he makes a bloody sacrifice for all trapped spirits to consume. He meets many of his old friends and family, but comes across a blind prophet named
When Polyphemus returns, he kills three of his men and locks the other nine in cages, saving the others for later. The large cyclop also saw the wine that Odysseus had put in, making him drunk with no awareness. A fire and a stick were in reach of Odysseus while in the cage, so he “drove the sharp end of the beam into the monster’s eye, and bearing upon it all my weight, I kept turning it.” (Homer 178). This shows Odysseus’s strength and intelligence as a wandering hero who saved his crew from death on a journey home. Subsequently, the men escape with Polyphemus’s sheep and proceed on their journey home. As Odysseus bravely entered the Underworld, his determination to complete his journey as a wandering hero increased. When Odysseus reaches the Underworld, he makes a bloody sacrifice for all trapped spirits to consume. He meets many of his old friends and family, but comes across a blind prophet named