Diomedes As A Greek Hero In The Iliad

In my eyes a hero is a person who shows courage, is humble, does not give up, and is someone everybody can relate to. The protagonist in “The Odyssey” by Homer, Odysseus is a hero because although he is emotional throughout the book and lets his emotions take over his actions, he displays immense courage and perseveres through his journey and hardships.

Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus experiences many ups and downs throughout his journey home. He is throw into peril and there often seems to be no hope for his return home. While he remains victorious in the end, returning to his wife, son, and father, the poem itself is filled with many darker moments filled with doubt and sadness. Odysseus is the hero of the Odyssey, and in order to exist as a hero he must be relatable. His story cannot be one entirely of triumph, it must include a more human perspective. Triumph cannot come without strife, and heroism cannot come without tribulation. Athena and Odysseus’ experiences as divine and human, respectively, and define whether or not they are heroes. By comparing Odysseus to Athena, it is apparent that what makes Odysseus a hero before anything else is his humanity.

Heroes are everywhere, no matter how small their heroic actions may be. However, what is a hero? A hero is someone who helps others without regard to themselves. A person like Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird, who put Tom Robinson in front of his own reputation, and was called a “black lover” in the racist community for doing the right thing. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus has done this more than once on his journey home, however he also has been selfish. Odysseus is a man who has been both heroic, like when he rescued his men from Circe, but he has also done unheroic actions, like when he didn’t tell his men about the dangerous bag of wind.

The Odyssey is a Greek story written by Homer about Odysseus, a greek soldier who is on a long journey that includes fighting monsters from greek mythology and dangerous quests so that he can make it back home to his wife and son. A hero is a main protagonist of a story and is typically courageous, strong, honorable, and intelligent. Odysseus is a hero because he is a selfless, reliable, and unselfish leader trying to get his men home.

Through this brief speech, Odysseus informs the suitors exactly what they did wrong, and then proceeds to carry out a bloody, violent end to them, using his bow. The Ancient Greeks would have felt that his awful actions were justified, because Odysseus is able to defeat his enemies using his strength and knowledge about battle. In addition to his physical strength and intelligence, Odysseus can also be seen as a hero due to his faithfulness to his wife, Penelope. Despite his many affairs with women throughout his voyage, Odysseus is determined to return home to his family, turning down a marriage offer from Princess Nausikaa and the gift of immortality from Calypso. To the goddess, he says,

Odysseus goes back to the town as an old beggar to stay undercover. He eventually gets in a quarrel with the official kingdom beggar, Iros, again Athena is there to aid him: “… Athena stood nearby to give him bulk and power…” (ⅩⅤⅢ 83-84). Athena gives him the extreme strength to help him but he thinks it is primarily him. Odysseus is arrogant and believes he is way stronger, skilled, and able than he actually is. He would not have been able to crack Iros’ jaw without the strength given to him by Athena.

Odysseus is an excellent example of a hero who proves himself through his bravery, kindness, and strength. In The Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus is the king of a Greek city named Ithaca. He is called upon to fight in the Trojan War along side of Menelaus to retrieve Helen, Menelaus wife. He has to leave his new born son, Telemachus, and his wife, Penelope, to follow the oath he took as king. He tries to act insane so he would not have to be sent away to war and leave his family. This does not work because after refusing to run over Telemachus he has no choice but to leave. The war in Troy last ten years, and after angering Poseidon, God of the Sea, he and his men face many more years and trials to get home. None of them know however that Odysseus will be the only one that will ever see the Shores of Ithaca again and even then there will be challenges facing him.

Some people think of a hero as someone with courage, determination, or someone that have risked their lives for others. Others think of a hero as someone who has outstanding strength and is clever. A hero, not only has physical strength, but also has mental strength as well. Odysseus, ruler of Ithaca, proves he is a hero by having all of these traits. Odysseus fights through hard times and overcomes obstacles, he kept his men together for most of the story, and he avenges himself when returning to his home, Ithaca. All of those are very heroic.

In the story The Odyssey, Odysseus is the king of his home Ithaca. He won the battle of Troy and is trying to find his way back home. His wife, Penelope and son, Telemachus are back in Ithaca waiting for his patiently for his arrival. Along the way home he comes across many things that slow him down but he is still determined to get back to his family and Ithaca. Along the way Odysseus has shown many characteristics of a hero. Some things are when this is said in the story, “...weathered many bitter nights and days in his deep heart at sea, while he fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home.” ( The Odyssey page. 371). This shows that Odysseus was not only protecting himself but also protecting his shipmates. Knowing that he

Everyone believes a hero has fallen but the warrior is only struggling to make it home. The warrior is Odysseus in the Odyssey which is an epic poem written in about 750 BC by a Greek poet named Homer. In the epic, the protagonist, Odysseus, is faced with many challenges that test numerous aspects of his character. He has to fight his way home. When he gets there, a final challenge awaits him. A few of the many aspects of Odysseus’ character that helped him through his journey are, his intelligence and his broad skill set, these aspects of his character helped him on his journey in the Odyssey, and becoming a hero.

In this story a hero will rise above all Kyklops’s, sirens, wrathful gods, and six headed creatures. The book that contains this thrilling story is called The Odyssey which is written by the one and only Homer. Throughout this story the hero will face life or death situations that was made from the ruthless gods up in heavenly Olympus. The hero, Odysseus, will face challenge after challenge and turn out stronger than he ever was before. No matter what the powerful gods throw at the human, he will get back up and continue his mission. The fate of the hero will rely on the values the hero expresses towards the gods. Such as hospitality, loyalty, and cleverness.

At the beginning of the poem, the goddess Athena encourages Zeus, the king of the gods, to offer Odysseus special treatment. Zeus is more than amenable to reward Odysseus’ cleverness and commitment. After all, Odysseus did design the Trojan horse plan that led to the Greeks’ victory. The triumph was the precursor to all of the happenings of The Odyssey and a clear example of unconventional intelligence. Another illustration of his resourcefulness is his strategy to pierce Polyphemus’ eye while he is sleeping. Upon arousal the one-eyed monster asks who stabbed him and Odysseus replies cunningly that it is he or “Nobody” that did the evil deed. Polyphemus beseeches his friends to help him, “Nobody, friends. Nobody’s killing me now by fraud and not by force.” (BOOK9) This creates much confusion and little resolution for Polyphemus.

Odysseus is a strong warrior and he's courageous. When he was traveling on the island he was stopped by a cyclopes, he and his men lied about who they are and why they landed there, but the cyclopes didn't care at all, all he cared about was keeping them there on the island. When he grabbed two of the men, beat their brains out, dismembered them and ate them, Odysseus was gonna kill him right than and there but he remembered he couldn't move the rock that blocked the entrance. In the morning the cyclopes ate two more men, so when the cyclopes was gone the remaining men found a large club and made one end pointed. When the cyclopes came back Odysseus offered him some wine and got the cyclopes drunk. Odysseus then put the pointed end of the

Being heroic? In truth, being hero isn’t recently characterized by winning. The word hero shows up in Greek culture with a twofold significant. First, it is utilizing for signifying a perfect being, who carried on with a mortal life however after doing some incredible deed demand to end up god. On the other hand, the heroes remains for extraordinary and overcome warrior who is prepared to give his life with a specific end goal to increase interminable magnificence, and keep on living in the social circle, in the memory of their descendants.

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