Odysseus, a true hero
What does it take to be a hero? In Homer's the Odyssey, He constructs Odysseus to be the definition of a hero. In the Odyssey, Odysseus shows his many characteristics of a hero to help him along the way of his hero’s journey.
A major characteristic Odysseus portrays in The Odyssey is Intelligence. It is Odysseus’s idea to build the Trojan horse and cleverly enter the Trojan walls to defeat them. In the Odyssey “Eyelid and lash were seared; The pierced ball hissed broiling, and the roots popped” (298). When coming across the Cyclops Polyphemus, Odysseus has to outsmart him and decided to take out his eye. This is in order to not kill Polyphemus, but to still allow him to open the door so he and his men can escape. Without
What does it take to be a hero? In Homer's the Odyssey, He constructs Odysseus to be the definition of a hero. In the Odyssey, Odysseus shows his many characteristics of a hero to help him along the way of his hero’s journey.
A major characteristic Odysseus portrays in The Odyssey is Intelligence. It is Odysseus’s idea to build the Trojan horse and cleverly enter the Trojan walls to defeat them. In the Odyssey “Eyelid and lash were seared; The pierced ball hissed broiling, and the roots popped” (298). When coming across the Cyclops Polyphemus, Odysseus has to outsmart him and decided to take out his eye. This is in order to not kill Polyphemus, but to still allow him to open the door so he and his men can escape. Without