Is Odysseus Really A Hero?
How could you call “The Great Odysseus” a hero? This man was hated by many gods, he cheated on his wife, he was cocky, and a murderer.
Odysseus was hated by the gods; it was pretty clear to me when that they hated him because of the constant obstacles place in front of him. While leaving Calypso’s island, “his raft is destroyed in a storm and is thrown to the shores of the Phaeacians(P.51)”. After blinding the polyphemus, Odysseus tells him “ That if any one asks who did this it was the brave warrior Odysseus(P.84)”. Well, then his father Zeus destroys his ship in a sea storm. When he escapes from the sirens and his entire crew was killed. These where all indicators that Odysseus
How could you call “The Great Odysseus” a hero? This man was hated by many gods, he cheated on his wife, he was cocky, and a murderer.
Odysseus was hated by the gods; it was pretty clear to me when that they hated him because of the constant obstacles place in front of him. While leaving Calypso’s island, “his raft is destroyed in a storm and is thrown to the shores of the Phaeacians(P.51)”. After blinding the polyphemus, Odysseus tells him “ That if any one asks who did this it was the brave warrior Odysseus(P.84)”. Well, then his father Zeus destroys his ship in a sea storm. When he escapes from the sirens and his entire crew was killed. These where all indicators that Odysseus