Greek Evil Thoughts In The Odyssey By Homer

In Greek culture, they have this type of moral code called The 8 Greek Evil Thoughts. These thoughts include 8 immoral ways that can hinder human performance and efficiency. The episode “The Cyclops” of the epic The Odyssey by Homer include a small amount of these 8 Greek Evil Thoughts. In this episode, Odysseus and his men have gotten caught by the Cyclops and the way they got out was by tricking the Cyclops to become drunk and stabbing the giant in the eye to escape unnoticed when the giant let his sheep out. In the episode, it shows multiple evil thoughts that Odysseus commits and they were Orge (anger), Kenodoxia (boasting), and Hyperephania (pride). For examples, anger can cause a person to act out which is what Odysseus seem to express.

heartbeat high now at the chance at the chance of action, and drawing the sharp sword from my hip I went along his flank to stab him where the midriff holds the liver” (The Cyclops. 289-293). The way Odysseus acts shows that he has anger and that he can not handle anger well because he almost kills the only way they could leave the cave. Boasting could lead to angering others against a person which is what Odysseus seems to do. For example, after Odysseus boast that he defeated the Cyclops “The blind thing in his double fury broke a hilltop in his hands and heaved it after us… that washed the ship stern foremost back to shore” (480-485). Through what Odysseus decided to say it seems true that he boasts and that boasting almost cost the of their lives because he angered the Cyclops. The way he handles boasting seems he does not seem to think because is boasting almost killed all of them through angry the Cyclops. Pride can cause a person to continue to act out to believe that they are above anyones authority which Odysseus shows. For instance, after Odysseus’ crew yells at him to pipe down Odysseus narrates “I would not heed them in my glorying spirits, but let my angry flare and