Epic Heroes In The Odyssey

After he freed himself the Lotus Eaters he was really happy thinking he would get to meet his family but sadly he just couldn’t. Odysseus was helpless to save his men's because Cyclops already eaten his four men. Odysseus and his men then sail through the murky night to the land of the Cyclopes, a rough and uncivilized race of one-eyed giants. Again Odysseus have to fight so they can get out from there. They were get out from there but Odysseus couldn’t shut his mouth so they had to go back inside the cave. Odysseus realizes he has made a mistake. Odysseus uses cunning to escape: he gets Polyphemus drunk, tells him his name is Nobody, pokes the Cyclop's eye with a stick, ties himself and he crew to the bottom of sheep, and finally he get out from

For one month Odysseus refuses to leave his safe home on Ithaca. We are not told of the rationale behind his final decision to join the war; however, we must assume that he believes he will be successful, returning home with many spoils of war. His decision to leave Ithaca cannot be merely an external one: he is a young king, and while he rules his land with great strength, he is inexperienced (he does not wish to go off to battle (Book 24, ll. 126-128)). In part, his reasons for initiating his journey must include the experience and maturity he will gain fighting the Trojans.

Another poor decision Odysseus made was sending half of his men to explore Circe’s island. While Odysseus knew nothing about this thickly wooded island, he still sent half of his men to explore it. Only one of his men came back, claiming a sorceress turned them all into swine. Odysseus is then forced to go search for his men, and ends up staying on the island for “many seasons.” If only Odysseus would have just left and went to a different island in the first place, none of this would had happened. Or, if Odysseus and his men had no other choice, they could have stayed by the sea shore and they would have been safe. Circe caused the men to be distracted for “many seasons” again delaying them from getting

By the time Odysseus and him men arrive at Aeolia, Odysseus has learned a few manners and is respectful to Aeolus. As Odysseus prepares to leave, Aeolus gives a bag of winds to Odysseus to aid him on his journey. Odysseus becomes greedy and does not want to tell his men what is in the bag. As a result Odysseus' men believe they are being cheated out of what they deserve: " `Just see what booty, splendid spoils, he carries back from Troy, while we, who toiled beside him, must return with empty hands' " (192). Out of jealousy, the men open the bag of winds, causing the ship to go back to Aeolia, thus lengthening their journey. Odysseus realizes he must treat his men more equally.

Odysseus is the leader of his men and it is his job to return them home safely. They look up to Odysseus and follow him, whether they believe he has made the right or wrong decision. When Odysseus and his men are stuck with the cyclops it is Odysseus that comes up with the plan to save them. Odysseus is smart and is favored by Athena and as such, Athena helps him devise a plan. One time when Odysseus’ men do not seek his advice they make a mistake and it costs them on their journey. “While Odysseus is sleeping the men open the bag, thinking it contains gold and silver. The bad winds thus escape and blow the ships back to Aeolus’ island.” “Book Ten, Page 916.” The quote shows that the men need Odysseus there to help them and that without him Odysseus men make stupid decisions. Because the men opened the bag Aeolus did not help them again, he believed that their voyage was cursed.

The Hero's Journey is a pattern and a framework that appears in storytelling and myth. The Odyssey by Homer is about a warrior whose name is Odysseus, will have to face obstacles in order to return home. The Netflix Original Ever After High "Epic Winter" ,is about a snow princess whose name is Crystal. She has to also face obstacles to return home, but also to save her parents, the Ice Kingdom, and Ever After High. The Odyssey and the Netflix Original Ever After High both share similarities of the Hero's Journey ,but there are also some differences.

Without a second thought Odysseus rushes to rescue his men, not caring about the danger, even after Eurylochus begs him to leave the island. The quote reads,” Eurylochus tells Odysseus what has happened and begs him to sail away from Circe's’ island. Against this advice, however, Odysseus rushes to save his men from the enchantress.”(Page: 1225, Lines 46-48) Bravery shines through this act of loyalty, by Odysseus putting his own life at risk to save others. The abundant amount of mental strength that it took for him to do this, really proves how loyal of a person Odysseus

Odysseus’ determination is shown when he loses the opportunity to go home with the bag of winds. When Odysseus and his men land on the island of Aeolus, Odysseus received a “prime ox-hide to hold the ways of the roaring winds…” (Homer 103). After they leave the island, Odysseus does not tell his men what’s in the bag. The ship had been extremely near their home, Ithaca.

Had Odysseus thought about the dangers he could’ve been stricter, restricting any of the crew to get to the bag. Then the unfortunate turn of events took place, “They loosed the sack and all the winds burst out and a sudden squall struck and swept us back to the sea, wailing, in tears, far from our own native land” (10. 51-54). Following this mishap, Odysseus was beside himself with grief; additionally, after being lost for ages on his journey to Ithaca, falling back majorly impacts him and demoralizes him. Unfortunately, Odysseus cannot blame anyone because it is in everyone’s nature to be curious about something. Additionally, due to Odysseus’s lack of candor, suggests that he is a captain that can’t form a strong trust with his crew showing his leadership skills to be underdeveloped.

This shows that Odysseus does not deserve the loyalty from his crew. Tiresias tells Odysseus to leave the cattle alone and he will have a safe journey home back to Ithaca. If Odysseus or his crew harm the cattle in anyway then his ships and men will be destroyed, even if he survives when he get home there will be a world of pain (11.122-134). Odysseus fails to tell his crew all of what Tiresias said. Odysseus only tells them about not touching the cattle and that there would be consequences. He did not specifically tell them what the consequences would be. Odysseus fully knowing that something bad was going to happen, yet he decides not to tell his crew. Odysseus “urged them to cut and run, set sail, / but would they listen? Not those mucinous fools;” (9.50-53). Odysseus claims that he told his crew to leave, and he did but he knew that the Cicones was going to overtake them. Odysseus continues to hide things from his crew, and this really hurts their journey home. When his crew thinks that Odysseus was “hauling troves of gold and silver home, / the gifts of open-hearted Aeolus, Hippopotas’ son… / ‘Heaps of lovely plunder he hauls home from Troy, / while we who went through slogging just as hard, / we go home empty handed’” (10.40-47). Many times throughout their journey, Odysseus continues to show that he does not share all of the information with his crew.

Odysseus learns about a tough decision he must make; sacrifice 6 men or all his men. Odysseus's journey takes him between a rock and a hard place. Pass through Charybdis, a massive whirlpool, or past Scylla, a six-headed man-eating serpent. Survival and loyalty are accounted for during Odysseus’s decision. Many find this an easy decision.

When they landed on the island of Hyperion, bad winds prevented them from leaving. Food soon became low, and when Odysseus was asleep, the crew killed the cows of Hyperion against the god's warnings. Hyperion was enraged to see this and had all of Odysseus' men killed in a great storm. After the storm all Odysseus had left was his own strength and the favor of Athena. Odysseus learned that the gods must be respected in order for any man to succeed.

Odysseus was an amazing man, whose exploits were made legend by Homer. While he was sailing, he endured many temptations. One temptation he could not overcome was when he was on his journey home, And Odysseus and his men took refuge on an island which held the livestock of the sun god; meanwhile, there was a large hurricane that stranded them on the island with little food (pg.170, paragraph 6). This gave a chance for Homer to realize the problems Odysseus was put through to get to a very simple goal of returning to his home. The disobedience of the crew was an opportunity for how the rest of his comrades died and he ended up at the island of Ogygian.

This quote reveals that one of Odysseus’s men has just accidently killed himself, under the watch of Odysseus. In fact, under Odysseus’s watch, the men were permitted to be constantly drunk and stay at Circe’s for a full year. Odysseus had no concern for the families he and his men had yet to return to, and had no urgency to get the crew in a safer place and off the island of Aeaea. It took a death to snap some sense into him. This is not a one time issue. In a later story, Odysseus and his men have landed on the island of Thrinakia, land of Helios’ holy cows. Circe has prophesied that if any of Odysseus’s crew touches the cows, that they will all be killed. Odysseus allows them to go onto the island, and simply tells them to not touch the cows, without a reason. Within weeks, Odysseus’s men kill and eat the cows, and within days, all are dead. This blatant mistake made by Odysseus kills all of his crew, leaving him to feel guilty.

When Odysseus arrives at the island of the Cyclops, his first mistake occurs when he decides that he and men should stay in the cave and meet Polyphemus, even when his men advised him to take the goods and leave (IX.215-217). At this instance, Odysseus’s decision is influenced by his ego. He sees all the goods in the cave and the reason he stays is because he hopes that the Cyclops would give him a gift of hospitality. This is interesting because Odysseus does not know whether the Cyclops is civilized or a brute; however, Odysseus goes forward with his plan because he believes the Cyclops will listen to him since the gods are on his side. In this instance, Odysseus is calling himself powerful because he has the support of the gods especially Zeus, when he threatens the Cyclops that “Zeus avenges strangers and suppliants” (IX. 262). If his ego was not already high, Odysseus boosts it even more when he believes that he has outsmarted the Cyclops by not falling into the trap of telling the location of his ships (IX.273-277). At this point, Odysseus