Odysseus faces a Cyclops, named Polyphemus, in the Odyssey. Polyphemus is a giant with one eye, has no manners, and eats people when he gets cross. Odysseus is the most heroic in the poem against this beast. Odysseus had to be clever and cunning to get himself and his men out of Polyphemus's cave alive. This act of heroism and leadership shows that Odysseus was the very heroic while fighting the Cyclops.
Odysseus must be clever and use his wit to escape Polyphemus. An epic hero, like Odysseus, must possess the trait of cleverness. Odysseus and his men are trapped in the cave with the Cyclopes because no human is strong enough to move the rock blocking the doorway. Odysseus seemed to be holding up a brave face until when he realized, “I had touched the spot when sudden fear stayed me: if I killed him we
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Killing the Cyclopes would save any Odysseus men from being eaten, yet the hero and his crew needed Polyphemus to open his cave. Odysseus had to trick the giant into opening the entrance for them. He started this plan by saying that his first name was Nobody, clearly this was extremely witty and smart. Since later in the event, after poking out the single eye of the Cyclops. Polyphemus called for the other Cyclopes, yet all they heard was that Nobody was hurting him. Odysseus had to be quick on his feet to complete both the tasks of coming up with a plan to not getting anymore people killed and also escape. Odysseus showed that he was more than a hero with his strength, but an epic hero with his brain. Odysseus was able to come up with a brilliant plan to escape, “so three sheep could convey each man. I took the wooliest