Examples Of Bravery In The Odyssey

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In the epic poem the Odyssey the main caracter Odysseus is on a quest to find his way home. He had been in Troy fighting which made Zeus angry and he made Odysseus's way home unbearably tricky. In the Odyssey Odysseus is the epic hero. He shows his epic heroics with his bravery,leardership,and intelligence. The first epic hero characteristic that Odysseus shows is his bravery. The first way he shows bravery is when he tells his men about the prophecy of their journey home and how he has to listen to the siren’s song alone for them to be safe. " she urged that I alone should listen to their song therefore you must tie me up. " 783. This is importat because it shows that Odysseus is brave. Even though he knew it was extremely

"Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang and pang of tears, till I should know the presence of Tiresias.''779.This is important because it shows that even though he was grieving over his mother he still pushed through to find what was needed. The second caracteristic of Odysseus that resembles an epic hero is his intelligence. For instance when he was trapped in the cyclops's cave he tricked him by telling him that his name was nohbdy. "Cyclops, you ask my hoonarable name? Remember the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you. My name is Nohbody mother, father, and friends, they all call me Nohbdy." 768. This explains how his intelligence is one of his heroic qualities because he tricked the cyclops so when he went to his friends and they asked "who did this?" he said nohbdy did

"My ship? Poseidon lord, who sets the earth a-tremble, broke it up on the rocks of your land's end.A wind from seawaard served him, drove us there. We are survivors. these good men and I."765. This prves that he is a fast thinker becase he relised that if he told the cyclops about his ship and the other man that the cyclops would eat them so he told him it was broken.

The third way Odysseus exhibits heroic qualities is by his leadership skills. The first way Odysseus shows his leadership is when he is stuck in the cyclops's cave and when they are escaping Odysseus takes his time tying his men to the sheep first. " I tied them silently together, twinning cords of willow from the ogre's bed; then slung a man under each middle one to ride to safety, shielded left and right."769.This proves that he is a good leader because he tied his men up first to ensure their