The epic poem, The Odyssey of Homer, published by Henry I. Christ, is an intriguing story that displays the journey of a hero. Odysseus, the main character in Christ’s poem, has multiple characteristics shown. For example, Odysseus’s variety of characteristics include him being clever, arrogant, brave, and cunning. His bravery because he had come upon multiple deadly and scaring situations and managed to pull through get himself out of them. Odysseus’s cleverness is defined by his escape from the cyclops, Polyphemus, In the beginning of the epic poem, the text states that “The fool did not realize that his men were tied underneath the sheep.” (45). By thinking of a creative, and artistic plan to get past the cyclops, Odysseus helps his