Examples Of Brawn In The Odyssey

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In the myth, The Odyssey, the hero Odysseus fights a cyclops named Polyphemius.
During their battle, the hero's men were eaten by the cyclopes, and Odysseus uses the cyclop's bad eyesight to his advanage. Odysseus also mocks Polymethius by tricking the cyclops into thinking Odysseus's name was "Nobody." To escape the cave the cyclops trapped him in, he climbs on a sheep's underside and sneeks his way out of the cave.
This myth shows how brawn is not everything, and instead, you need both brains and brawn to be succesfull in life. Odysseus uses his smarts over his brawn may tmes in the myth including when he pokes a stick in Polyphemus's eye to blind him and give him the upperhand. He wouldn't of done that if he was using brawn alone. He also