...Odysseus is a classic hero? Odyssey by Homer is an epic about odysseus going on his epic adventure or his own destiny. In the Odyssey homer clearly develops odysseus as an epic hero . He faces supernatural foes and receives supernatural help , he is a great warrior , and he travel over vast travels . Through his vast travels readers infer that odysseus is an epic hero . In the story odysseus went to the cyclops island when he faced cyclops and was very wise and blinded the cyclops . also went to troy to be in the war where he fought for 10 years . Also he went to circe's island where he ended up after poseidon ruin odysseus ship and was washed up . unfortunately he made it back to ithaca and disguised himself . Readers also infer that odysseus...
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...2016 Odysseus As An Epic Hero To most people, a hero is a strong, brave person with an amazing costume. Heroes usually have super-powers and are constantly saving people. However in the novel The Odyssey by Homer an epic hero is a character with great bravery and courage to do the tasks that might not be very easy. Odysseus definitely defines these requirements. He is on a long quest to get back home and faces many monsters and deadly situations. Throughout the Odyssey, while facing many obstacles and distractions, Odysseus must be brave and make courageous choices to make it home. A example of a great monster Odysseus comes upon was the Cyclops Polyphemus. Odysseus was trapped in the...
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...An epic hero is a larger-than-life figure who undertakes great journeys and performs deeds requiring remarkable strength and cunning. In the “Odyssey” by Homer, Odysseus is a man who is traveling home to Ithaca after 10 years until the end of the Trojan War and comes upon many thrilling, dangerous adventures along the way. The heroic traits of Odysseus in “The Odyssey” by Homer can be compared to those of three contemporary heroes. An epic hero shows courage. Odysseus shows courage when risks his own life to visit Tiresias, a blind prophet, in the underworld. Circe, the witch of the land of Aeolus, informs Odysseus that he must visit the underworld and hear “ … a prophecy from the ghost of Tiresias.” Odysseus, familiar with the idea that he might not be able to return back to Earth,...
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...Throughout human history, society has put standards for what is known as a hero, and just as society puts standards, so do authors. Homer did such a thing when writing the epic poem The Odyssey, where he exhibits through the main character Odysseus’ certain actions that portray what current society believed a hero is meant to be. However time goes on and ideals change, and so does society. In current day society, Odysseus would not be a worthy example of an epic hero in the twenty-first century. This unworthiness can be witnessed by his destructive, blood-thirsty, and dishonest behavior portrayed throughout the story. Blood and chaos is the result of Odysseus’ destructive behavior, and being so, he is not a worthy example of a hero today....
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...In The Odyssey by Homer,our protagonist Odysseus embarks on a journey back home after the Trojan War. During his adventure, the hero encounters many obstacles including both gods and monsters alike and must overcome them. Throughout this quest, Odysseus embodies the characteristics of a traditional epic hero in that he is clever, enduring and determined. Odysseus’s intellect is difficult to overstate. He is not the kind of person that constantly relies on physical strength alone to be victorious. He is also quite knowledgeable as well. During the epic, Odysseus is able to overcome several physical obstacles using his mental prowess alone. One prominent example of this is when Odysseus confronts the cyclops Polyphemus. When the one-eyed brute traps the hero in his cave,Odysseus offers him wine from his ship. This puts Polyphemus in an intoxicated sleep and give Odysseus the opportunity to strike. He and his men use a large staff they find to blind the giant. “Straight/forward they sprinted, lifted it, and rammed it/deep in his crater eye” (ll.376-378). Polyphemus screams out in pain....
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...odyssey there is a character named Odysseus. Odysseus goes on an amazing journey and along his way he goes through many things that mold him into an epic hero. Odysseus also proves his heroism through his behavior. During the story Odysseus often presents us with his great intelligence, his superhuman strength, and also his great leadership and bravery. However though Odysseus does not always act like a hero and does immoral things but when the time is right, the true heroic side of him will come out and we will see how heroic Odysseus really is. Odysseus is a true epic hero and has the the personal characteristics to prove it. Throughout the Odyssey Odysseus presents us with examples of his superhuman strength. That is characteristic...
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...Odysseus: An Epic Hero In The Odyssey written by Homer, the main character is Odysseus, an epic hero. He has to leave his home Ithaca, and ends up on a great voyage landing on many islands. All of which, is home to gods and goddesses, good and bad. Along the way he shows his very heroic characteristics, while battling these supernatural forces. For example when he fights the Cicones, the singing sirens, or even the one eyed beast. However ,Odysseus the great epic hero was still able to stay strong and proceed his way home. To begin, his loyalty is revealed by his crewman. He is almost like a big brother to them. His first sign of loyalty is revealed once he sees his undead crewman, Elpenor, left unburied on Circe's island. Elpenor has too much to drink, and ends up falling to his death. After, Elpenor falls, he asks Odysseus to return and bury him properly, so Odysseus ‘’...cut down timber on the foreland, on a high point, and built his pyre of logs’’ (209). Odysseus does not want one of his men to live unconsoled in the Land of the DEad, especially after he sees him face to face after his death. This is when he returns to...
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...Odysseus, the Epic Hero You think of superheroes like Superman, Batman, or Captain America; they are strong and defeat the villains, while saving other people; or you think of average heroes like firefighters, who save people’s lives who are in trouble. There are also epic heroes, like Odysseus, in “The Odyssey”. Epic heroes are larger than life and undergo a dangerous journey. The hero normally encounters conflicts as he battles forces of nature, gods, and other beings. Epic heroes have the archetypal characteristics like being cunning, courageous, daring, and having strength and knowledge. Odysseus had to fight many dangerous creatures during his 20 year quest back to Ithaca, like the Lotus Eaters, the Sirens, the Cyclops, Charybdis and Scylla while displaying the archetypal traits of an epic hero. When Odysseus faced the Lotus Eaters and the Sirens, he showed the epic hero character trait of intelligence. The Lotus Eaters tried to get Odysseus’ men to eat the sweet lotus flowers which made them want to stay forever and never return back home to Ithaca. Odysseus used his knowledge of the flower, after seeing three of his other men not come back after trying it, and made his men not try it, and continued sailing. If Odysseus did not tell this to his crew, then they would have possibly stayed there forever, the quest...
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...Odysseus: The Epic Hero Odysseus, ruler of Ithaca, is an epic hero. He is made to be very well known in the Odyssey written by Homer long ago. He is also known to have all the qualities of an epic hero even some that are not always the best. That is why Odysseus could be nothing less than an epic hero. Odysseus is most always loyal to his men. Odysseus shows his loyalty when he takes his men “... to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches, and called the rest”(148) therefore, he was certain his men would make it home even if the effect of the Lotus had already set in. He takes care of his men because he is like a father figure and is looked up to by most of his crew. He also shows his loyalty at the burial of his crew mate Elpenor. He makes sure to give Elpenor a proper burial and stay loyal to him just as his crew mates are loyal to Odysseus....
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...Who is a better epic hero? - After reading and learning about the stories of Achillies and Odysseus and their journeys, I feel that the better hero would have to be Odysseus . Even though his journey was very long and hard, he always had his family on his mind. And, even when his curiosity lead him to unimaginable places and things, Odysseus was able to think his way out of it with his cleverness. Not to mention the fact that he is extremely brave. Brave in many cases where others weren't, and that makes him the better hero. - Through the harsh and long travels through Calipso's island, Circe, the underworld, and many other places Odysseus visited, he kept one thing in mind throughout the whole journey. His family. Odysseus would constantly...
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...The epic poem, the Odyssey, by Homer tells the adventures of the epic hero Odysseus. Though they have human frailties, an epic hero possesses superhuman strength, craftiness, and confidence and also overcomes perilous situations. In book 9 of the Odyssey, Odysseus demonstrates several of these characters as he escapes from the Cyclops Polyphemus. The epic hero Odysseus demonstrates intelligence, bravery, and cleverness. One quality of an epic hero that Odysseus possesses is that he is intelligent. The Cyclops asks Odysseus where he left his ship, inquiring it was around the point or by the shore. Odysseus sees through the question and responds, “it broke up on the rocks at your lands end” (189). Odysseus does not want the Cyclops to find...
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...Odyssey, written by Homer, the main character, Odysseus, had the leadership qualities one must possess to be an epic hero. People in general, always will follow a leader no matter what his or her characteristics are.An epic hero is defined as a human in the favor of the gods who is the main character in an epic poem, has larger than life qualities, goes on an adventure, leads a group of people, and has at least one flaw. All of these characteristics are what make a leader into an epic hero. Odysseus is was exactly what the definition states. There are so many things that can turn an ordinary person into an epic hero and Odysseus is a great example of this. One of the requirements an epic hero must have is the favor of the gods. Odysseus was in the favor of multiple gods and goddesses. Many of them gave him advice or things to help him along his journey. Hermes gave him a magical plant called, Moly, which would protect him from Circe’s drink. Athena was probably the goddess that helped him the most throughout his journey. She warns Odysseus about the suitors back home and helped him fight against them as well as the Trojans. Zeus went both ways about helping Odysseus, sometimes he did and sometimes he did not. The “omen” that Zeus sent when Odysseus faced the suitors is an example of Odysseus being in his favor. Aeolus, King of the Wind, also helped the epic hero. When Odysseus and his crew left the King’s island he gave Odysseus two parting gifts. One of them was a wind that...
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...Homer, author of the Odyssey, identifies Odysseus as an epic hero through the way the main character faces supernatural forces throughout his treacherous journey back home. Polyphemus, one of the giant one-headed giants, closes the entrance of the cave and eats many of Odysseus’ shipmates, making it more difficult to escape. Homer illustrates that the cyclops had, “…clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out…and made his meal…everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones…” (Homer 765). Not only did Polyphemus harm the shipmates by squeezing their brains out, but he shoved them down his throat as if they were a small snack. Odysseus must face the fact that many of his loyal companions cannot join him...
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...Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, left his home to fight for Greece and along his journey he faced many hardships, but he conquered them all. The Odyssey written by Homer, tells the story of Odysseus’ journeys and how he made it through these hardships to regain his kingdom, and to be reunited with his wife, Penelope. The Odyssey was a thrilling and suspenseful story that keeps you wondering how Odysseus will conquer these hardships, and bring him and his men safely back to Ithaca. From escaping Calypso with the help of Athena, to fighting the cyclops Polyphemus, Odysseus had to be a strong leader to help his men overcome these journeys. Odysseus was an epic hero because he was intelligent, brave, and he was a strong responsible leader. Odysseus was an epic hero because he was very intelligent. One of the many journeys that he and his men had to face was with Polyphemus. While Polyphemus slept Odysseus courageously stabbed him in the eye, in order for him to open the heavy door...
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...In the Odyssey, Odysseus is the epic hero and is the best hero in the story. Odysseus travels to Troy to fight in the war. On his way back from Troy he angers Poseidon and has to endure the punishment from poseidon which includes giant monsters, witches and many other threats. When he finally returns home he finds that his home is inhabited by suitors wishing for penelope's hand. Homer writes Odysseus so that there are many traits to support him as the epic hero. Odysseus is powered by how brave he is. This is a great trait for a hero to have because it helps them to discover new things and to find things that no one else would dare to find. An great example of this is when Odysseus found Scylla. Odysseus said ”Heads up lads! We must obey...
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