Have you guys ever heard about Odysseus? He was greatest heroes in Greek mythology. He was one of the smartest and bravest heroes of all the time in Greek mythology. He was the King of Ithaca and son of Laertes and Anticlea. He faced many obstacles that tested him as a hero. The three greatest tests were: Poseidon, Circe and Scylla, and Charybdis.
One of the first obstacles he faced involved the God “Poseidon” he wanted to make Odysseus change his mind that no man is greater than the god. The god Poseidon wanted him to be more humble because he was very arrogant. The god punished him in the sea and made his journey more difficult for him. Poseidon was the god of the sea. He controlled the sea and Poseidon wanted to break Odysseus’s arrogance to become more humble.
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Circe captured his men while on the journey going back home. When she tried to turn him into an animal, but she couldn’t, she liked him because he could stand up to her. She told him that if he wants his men's free, he has to stay with her for years and only that way she will free them. So, for 2 years he had to stay with her and not go anywhere. After two years passed, she freed his men and wanted him to go to “Hades” because she wanted him to know what his future would look like and she cared about him.
Finally, the third obstacles that Odysseus faced were Scylla and Charybdis. Odysseus knew that he had to go through the narrow place and he also knew that his 6 men would die. Even when he knew his men was going to die but he still went through the narrow and his 6 men’s died but he acted like he didn’t know and didn’t tell them. After that they passed through Scylla, they had another obstacle which was Charybdis, whirlpool they almost died but lucky they survived the