Armando Lopez
Williams
English I
24 February 2023
Odysseus A True Epic Hero
Odysseus is a true epic hero showing his heroic qualities in the book The Odyssey. Trying to get back home Odyssues had to travel for 20 years going on adventures to get pushed back constantly. Odysseus is a hero because he shows Strength, Intelligence and patience while dealing with difficult situations.
Firstly, Odysseus’ intelligence is one of his strongest strengths going to war. In the book The Odyssey this quote clearly states “Nobody that's my name nobody so my mother and father call me, all my friends”(Homer 340). This shows that During a frightening time in the Book The Odysseus is a quick thinker. Furthermore the text states “They lumbered off,but laughter filled my heart to think how nobody”s name my great cunning stroked had duped them” (Homer 460). This quote indicates how Odysseus manages to outwit the bigger opponent with his quick but smart tactics.
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While getting stuck in a cave with a cannibal he had to kill or get killed. This quote shows “Hoisting high that olive stake with its stabbing point straight into the monster's eye they renamed it hard, I drove my weight on it from above and bored it home”(Homer 440). Showing this quote proves my point of Odysseus’ strength during nerve racking time. Odysseus also shows metal strength while encountering Sirens. As the text states, “The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen , and I tried to say “Untie me!” to the crew, jerking my brows; but they bent steady to the oars. Then Perimedes got to his feet, he and Eurylochus and passed more lines about to hold me still. So all rowed on, until the sirens dropped under the sea rim, and their singing dwindled away” (Homer 123-131). Sirens being a powerful enemy to weak minded people Odysseus held his voice from calling out and passed through the