In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus does prove to be a hero, because he didn't only does bad to make good, he has courage, and he also has strength. Throughout this amazing story, Odysseus shows off these amazing traits with his family, and crew. Odysseus's traits he shows us help him throughout the story, and give him the sharp edge he needs to succeed and win the battles he faces. My mom is very much a hero also, and has all of these qualities. My mom is my real-life hero, and she is the strongest
The Odyssey contains many important heroic qualities throughout the poem. The main ones would be him acting audacious, heroic, and having physical strength. Many of these qualities helped him journey around the world to get back to Ithaca. Odysseus acts audacious in many of his events, one of which was when Odysseus and his crew head for the cave. He says “We climbed, then, briskly to the cave. But Kyklops had gone afield, to pasture his fat sheep, so we looked round at everything inside” (Homer
Odysseus has important qualities of a hero such as leadership, fearlessness, determination, and love for his friends and family. Odysseus is a respected hero that can understand when something needs to happen. Odysseus makes the wrongdoers, such as the suitors, flinch at the thought of being caught by him. He is every kind of hero thought of by people. “But if you could only know how much suffering is in store for you before you get back to your country, you would stay with me.” Odysseus can be
In The Odyssey, Odysseus embarks on a prolonged journey home in which he endures many trials that exhibit traits the Greeks revere. Meanwhile, at home his wife Penelope resists suitors who plunder her resources and Odysseus’s wealth. This epic exemplifies qualities and characteristics, such as bravery, hospitality and cleverness, embodied by Odysseus in an environment where the Olympian gods and goddesses are intertwined in Greek life. When the Greeks value a quality in a person, they hold that person
different time periods. The Greek and Roman writers fabricated this supreme individual that could be admired by their readers and compared to as a god. The earliest stories of Odysseus, Aeneas, and Antigone are not viewed as flawless heroes in the modern world but they all contained some of these primary character traits. In Homer’s Odyssey, Vergil’s Aeneid, and Sophocles’ Antigone, each major character can be described as a hero, although, each contains similar and different character traits that fall under
have seemed like a lifetime to some people, but for Odysseus who has been on what seems like a never ending journey back to Ithica, would have been a short period of time. The story takes off ten years after the Trojan War was over and leads to Odysseus being gone from his home for a total of twenty years. Twenty years since he first left his home, wife and son Telemachus, who was just a baby, to fight in the war. Telemachus, the son of Odysseus has grown up wondering if his father would ever return
The Mesmerizing Story of The Odyssey (A discussion over the entertaining qualities of The Odyssey) The enticing tales of the Odyssey have captured the attention of millions throughout the centuries. Homer uses elegant writing style mixed with captivating tales to create one of the greatest stories of mankind. The Odyssey has been entertaining readers for thousands of years. Certain elements of the epic have stood the test of time. The mesmerizing tales of Odysseus have remained such an enduring
themselves. “The Odyssey” is a superior work of art to the film O! Brother, Where Art Thou? because Odysseus is the worthier epic hero and the film loses the major theme of hospitality that is displayed throughout the poem. “The Odyssey” is a poem composed by the legendary author Homer, one of the central works of Greek Literature. The poem follows
Now that Odysseus has been gone for almost 20 years, Telemachus is coming of age and is growing his first beard. As the prince of Ithaca, he is unsure whether he should inherit his father Odysseus and become a king or wait for a little longer in case Odysseus returns. What is more, Telemachus has grown up listening to stories about how great his father is and has been waiting his whole life for the great Odysseus to come back, which makes it that much harder for Telemachus to stop waiting and become
: In the epic The Odyssey, author Homer represents main character Odysseus as a hero despite his weaknesses, illustrating that heroes, although best known for their admirable qualities, can also have flaws. Odysseus, in several scenarios throughout the epic, demonstrates courage, quick thinking, and leadership, characteristics of a hero. For instance, when Odysseus and his men were trapped in Polyphemus’s cave, Odysseus led his men to safety by formulating and executing a plan to intoxicate the cave’s