The question on some peoples mind are, is Odysseus a true hero? People should believe that Odysseus is not a hero. Based on story’s read, and evidence gathered, Odysseus is not a true hero. In The Odyssey Odysseus starts fights that shouldn’t even be started in the first place, he is not a very good strategist, and he also puts his men in danger and makes mistake after mistake. Odysseus has proven that he is not a true hero because he starts fights that shouldn’t even have been started. “We beached there, and I told the crew to stand by and keep watch over the ship, as myself I took my twelve best fighters and went ahead. I had a goat skin full of that sweet liquor…” (1114, 93-97). Odysseus was going to the Cyclopes expecting a fight to happen. …show more content…
“She ate them as they shrieked there, in her den, in the due die grapple reaching still for me- and deathly pity ran me through at that sight- far the worst I ever suffered, questioning the passes of the strange sea” (1136, 199-203). At first Odysseus was only going to lose 6 men going through Scylla. But since he wanting to fight Scylla and do it his way, Scylla ate another 6 of Odysseus men. So instead of losing 6 of his men he lost 12 of his men. Only a true hero tries to have less of him men killed. A true hero don’t only look out for himself, he looks out for everyone around him that’s on his side. So he should be looking out for his crew members. And he has not did that because at the end of his journey all of him men dies.
Penelope thinks that Odysseus is a true hero. Yeah he might have got his men out of the bad situation. But someone had to get them in the situation, and that was Odysseus. Odysseus has put them in every bad situation they have been in through the whole journey. Yeah he tried to get his wife back, so that means he is fighting for something. But does he really love her? He was unfaithful to Penelope two times. A true hero is not unfaithful twice. Plus think about it a hero doesn’t make the same mistake