Summary Of Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

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.

His curiosity costs him the lives of his men. He decides to take a group of men to go see what these creatures look like. When then go to a cave of one of the Cyclopes they are trapped in by a huge stone the Cyclopes has placed in the doorway. Odysseus, as usual, strikes a conversation with the Cyclopes only to have some of his men eaten. “His hands reached out, seized two of them, and smashed them to the ground like puppies.”

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

Odysseus’s escape from the Cyclops is one of great intelligence. A Cyclops is a giant one eyed monster. Homer said, “The booming voice and the very sight of the monster filled us with panic” (IX, 256). From the first moment Odysseus and his men set eyes on the Cyclops they know they are in trouble and will not be able to get out easily. The Cyclops, Polyphemus, eats two of Odysseus’ men from the start. As soon as this happens, Odysseus

Frightened by the large creature, Odysseus and his men scatter to the shadows of the cave before the large beast notices them. Directly after finishing his work, Polyphemus starts to poke at the fire in his cave, which was previously set by Odysseus and his shipmates. Once the fire flares up, Polyphemus notices Odysseus within the shadows, and without hesitation the gigantic creature questions who they men are, as well as where they’re from. This is when Odysseus begins speaking to the aforementioned creature, claiming his name to be Nohbdy, that he and his men are from Troy, and that their ship had crashed among the rocks of the island. After mentioning that his ship was broken up on the rocks, the mighty man picks up two of Odysseus’s men, bashes their heads in, then eats them whole, and goes to sleep. In the following morning, the cyclopes eats another two of Odysseus’s men. When the creature finally exits the cave, Odysseus looks to his

In The Odyssey- Part II, Odysseus with the help of his son and loyal servants. They slaughtered all the suitors and maids for the following: they tried to take advantage of his goods, they tried to marry his wife continuously, and destroyed his house. The slaughter of many of the suitors may have been brutal, but it was necessary.

Odysseus displays many examples of fatal flaws throughout The Odyssey, however, his most prominent is his hubris. Odysseus is favored by the gods, and he appears to have a strength and intelligence that are larger than life. As one may guess, he can be a bit proud. But Odysseus’ confidence can lead to trouble at times, especially when he gets trapped in Polyphemus’ cave. During this trial of his 20 year journey, Odysseus gets trapped with some of his men in a Cyclopes’ cave. Crafty as he is, Odysseus manages to escape at the cost of a few nights and some of his crew. By escaping on the Cyclopes’ sheep, Odysseus and his men make a hasty retreat to their ship; but Odysseus, proud of defeating the Cyclopes by blinding him and claiming that his name is Nohbody, shouts back at the Cyclopes instead of making a silent escape. In his ranting, Odysseus shouts at the Cyclopes, “if ever a mortal man

In the cyclopes island Odysseus and his men wander into the cyclopes cave, once the cyclopes enters his cave he shut the only way out of his cave and spots odysseus and his men. The cyclops asks odysseus why he is here, odysseus responds him trying to convey the cyclopes to treat them like guests but odysseus insults poseidon the cyclops father the cyclopes get mad and eating too of odysseus men. The cyclops passes out and odysseus think of a way to get out. Odysseus blinded the cyclops and escaped by holding on to the sheep that the cyclops let out. Odysseus was the most heroic here because he was able to free the rest of his men and he stood claim while coming up with the plan to escape.

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.

His men wanted to leave but Odysseus wanted to appeal to the laws of hospitality. When the cyclops returns to his cave with his flock of sheep he captures Odysseus and his men, and blocks the entrance of the cave with a boulder”but he,behind,reset the stone as one would cap a quiver”(Book 9, line 218-219). They get trapped, and Polyphemus eats two of his men anytime he was hungry. Odysseus shows his intelligence and comes up with a plan to get out. He gives Polyphemus some strong wine and Polyphemus becomes extremely drunk.

The Cyclops, Polyphemus, traps Odysseus and his men inside his large cave by blocking the exit with an enormous boulder. Odysseus feels threatened, but decides to cause a scene that would glorify his identity. Odysseus taunts the Cyclops, unnecessarily, to prove authority over it. One particular phrase that he says is, "So, Cyclops, no weak coward it was whose crew you bent to devour there in your vaulted cave- you with your brute force. Your filthy crimes came down on your own head, you shameless cannibal, daring to eat your guest in your own house-

American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated,” A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” Emerson is an english philosopher that uses intuition to peer into reality. Greek philosophers are looked upon for most of greeks history. Philosophers are knowledgeable and often right. A philosopher such as Emerson uses knowledge to determine what makes the average person a hero in the eyes of society.

In the Epic Poem The Odyssey the reader is taken through the epic journey of Odysseus and his men. The epic hero Odysseus explored the wild sea with the help of gods and goddesses. Although an epic hero with bravery and wisdom, Odysseus did show himself as a average man with common mistakes.

One complication that they encounter, is coming ashore on an unknown land, where Odysseus and several of his best men came across a cave filled with cheese. The men helped themselves while waiting for the owner to return, in hopes of receiving the gift of Xenia, the hospitality to those far from home. However, when they learned the owner was a gigantic angered cyclops, Polyphemus, the men immediately wanted to kill him in his sleep. Instead, knowledgeable Odysseus convinced them to be patient, so that a plan could be carried out successfully. Swiftly and carefully, the men followed Odysseus’ orders: carving a stick to a point and positioning it over Polyphemus’ eye to sneakily steal his sight. Once he was blind, Polyphemus knew he did must not let the men escape, but Odysseus thought of this as well. Odysseus skillfully tied three of the cyclops sheep together and concealed a man under each set, allowing the men to escape. Therefore, Odysseus possesses the ability to think of intelligent plans quickly, which saves many

            Odysseus is no god.  He is man, and with that comes the mistakes and errors in all of us.  In many situations Odysseus' mortal side is seen.  An example of the power of Odysseus coinciding with his human flaws is his battle with Polyphemous the Cyclops (son of Poseidon).  After escaping the lure of the lotus-eaters and their island, Odysseus and his men find themselves on another island, rich with food and shelter.  After feasting, the men grab a large container of potent wine and go off exploring the new island.  Later in their search they stumble across a large cave filled with food.  Curious where the owner's whereabouts are the men encourage Odysseus to steal the food.  Odysseus (showing his hospitable and genuine character) decides to instead wait for the