Why Odysseus is a Hero Essay

Heros In the book, The Odyssey by Homer, there are several reasons why Odysseus is heroic which is because he is brave, smart, and powerful. For example, Odysseus is heroic because he is brave. The author states, “Noman has attacked me, the Cyclops shouted back…” (Homer 27). This illustrates that Odysseus is a hero because he saved some of his men, including himself, by blinding the Cyclops. Accompanying that, Odysseus is heroic because he is smart. The text states, “I tied my men under their…

The Epic Hero Odysseus is an epic hero. Homer proves this is true in his book The Odyssey. Homer has specific traits for all epic heroes. Odysseus fits the description of an epic hero based on the traits he has. One of the reasons that Odysseus is an epic hero is that he is full of loyalty. First, he is loyal to his entire crew because he saves them from the lotus eaters. They do not realize that he is helping them, be he really does want them to be safe and get home. Also, he is loyal to…

Hero vs Hero There are many people in the world that can be portrayed as a hero, but what really is a hero. The dictionary states that a hero is “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” In the book The Odyssey, Odysseus was portrayed as the hero who saved everyone from the trojan war. Another hero who saves people and cares about others and not just himself is Iron man from the movie Iron Man(2008,2010,2013). Both of these heroes put…

The Flash and Odysseus Why does a hero inspire us to challenge ourselves? A hero goes through an amount of challenges that make them who they are. Most of their early challenges are easier than their future challenges. For many heroes they were forced into a situation they would have to make sense of. Odysseus, husband and new father, was forced onto Poseidon’s sea. Odysseus is considered a Greek hero, because he faced hardships that would make him into a great leader. A modern hero, the…

Odysseus’s journey home. Odysseus shows to be an epic hero because he was given a quest, helped by a helpful companion and enters a supernatural world. Odysseus was also depicted as not being a hero in some parts of the story as well. Odysseus shows to be on a quest throughout the story. Odysseus is told to go and join the trojan war where his quest started, and it ended when he returned home to meet his son and see his wife after 20 years. Throughout his quest, Odysseus faces many challenges…

Journey of Death Odysseus is the said hero in Homer’s epic The Odyssey, though his actions speak louder than his words. The Odyssey is the returning journey of Odysseus for ten years with an additional ten years from the Trojan War. On his journey he finds monsters, beasts, and gods. He also kills every single person in his crew “on accident”. Although Homer intended to portray Odysseus as a hero, he does not deserve the title of hero because of his self-centeredness causing his crew an…

Odysseus, the main character in Homer’s The Odyssey, is not a hero. He shows many non-heroic traits by today’s standards, such as his unending arrogance and need to prove himself, his unfaithfulness to his wife Penelope, and his bloodlust and unjust killings. Throughout the book Odysseus shows these characteristics through his actions. He Insults a Cyclops, he stays with and sleeps with a nymph for seven long years and he slaughters many maids who barely did anything wrong. A hero is humble,…

A hero to me is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself, in The Odyssey by Homer, there is an epic hero named Odysseus. An epic hero is someone who is: brave and a noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events.Odysseus deserves the title as an epic hero for several reasons. Odysseus is an example for an epic hero for his courageousness, instinct, and cockiness during his adventures in the odyssey. There are many…

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). After swearing that oath, the crew kills the cattle for food. When the crew eats the cattle, this makes Apollo angry who then goes to…

A man who puts his men and crew in danger is that really a hero. Well, I don't think that is very heroic. Odysseus put his men into danger. He commits adultery by sleeping with Circes for an entire year. Which, he is very selfish also because, he is the only one tied to the mask so he can listen to the song of the sirens. First, Odysseus put his men in danger multiple times. When they go to past the sirens he is not guaranteed that the wax will work and save the crew from being drowned and…