The Tragedy Of Odysseus In The Odyssey By Homer

Odysseus, the main character of Homer’s The Odyssey has been described as a pirate and an explorer. Which one does he fit best? An explorer can be defined by Merriam-Webster as, “a person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information.” Dictionary.com defines a pirate as, “a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.” This robbery and violence leads to their reputation as a cruel person. Pirates are also well known as very mean people. Evidence from the Odyssey proves that Odysseus is more of a pirate than an explorer throughout the story.

Odysseus portrays himself as anything but a hero throughout Homer’s The Odyssey. Odysseus goes through his life believing he is the best. He has no regard for anyone’s feelings but his own, and he believes nothing and no one can harm him, not even the gods. Odysseus feels he is always the leader and no one can tell him otherwise. Odysseus should not be considered a hero because he portrays himself as a selfish man that failed his crew, and is controlled by his hubris.

The majority of those who read The Odyssey consider the protagonist of the story, Odysseus, a hero. On many occasions, however, Odysseus makes decisions beneficial to himself alone. For example, when Odysseus and his men find themselves on Polyphemus's island, Odysseus's actions are self-centered and at the expense of his men. This can be said for most of Odysseus's actions in the story, as his main objective is to reach his home. Having his men by his side when he returns seems a trivial thing to him. Odysseus could be considered a hero, but many of his actions say otherwise. Due to the many unfaithful and self-centered decisions he makes in the story, Odysseus is not a hero.

In homer's Odyssey the main character Odysseus is a person who only tries to help himself. Although he earns the trust of his men while in Troy, he loses it on his perilous journey home. Many times in the epic he manipulates others, commits foolish acts and is full of hubris. He tries to take shortcuts and as a result of this is men are killed and his boats destroyed. He plays with the lives of his men and he is punished for it. Odysseus is not a hero because, he is foolish, lacks faithfulness and is consumed by his Hubris and selfishness.

Often through great literature, there is an epic hero. In the Odyssey, Homer tells the journey of one man’s journey home from the Trojan War. The protagonist of the epic poem Odysseus is often regarded as a great hero. However, Odysseus is not quite the glorious soldier that people often see him as. Odysseus shows that he is an antihero through his pride, disloyalty, and bloodthirstiness.

In The Odyssey, Odysseus goes on a long journey in which he takes part in dangerous adventures. Odysseus is an example of Homer’s greek hero. He is a leader of his people and they depend and follow him. Odysseus is brave; he believes in himself and trusts that he is doing the right thing. Odysseus values his honor and is confident in himself.

Often through great literature, there is an epic hero. In the Odyssey, Homer tells the journey of one man’s journey home from the Trojan War. The protagonist of the epic poem Odysseus is often regarded as a great hero. However, Odysseus is not quite the glorious soldier that people often see him as. Odysseus disproves his title of a hero through his pride, his disloyalty, and his bloodthirstiness.

Although he did go fight the war and make it home he was very disrespectful of what he had and thought he didn't need help. He took what he had for granted, like a good crew and the gods willing to help him. Also, his wife was very loyal to him the whole time he was gone and knew that he would come back one day. However Odysseus was going after other women on his trip and wasn't loyal to his wife in any way. Odysseus was greedy and selfish and make good of what he had, he let it go to waste.

Many see me as an arrogant, despicable man trying to gain power in sinful ways, but put yourself in my shoes, if you will. My home, Ithaca, recently suffered a tragedy. Odysseus, a great warrior and king, once admired by his kingdom suffered a death on the battlefield. He left his wife and kids to live out the rest of their days without even so much as a word from a messenger, informing them on his passing. More importantly, he left them without a man in the family. A deplorable, pathetic man, really. Unable to provide his family with an announcement of his death, leaving them with the false hope he may still be out there. Not only did he leave his wife and child, he left his whole kingdom. Naturally, the Queen of Ithaca, Penelope, will need to be remarried, and in doing so, chose a new king to rule the island of Ithaca. She’ll need to pick a strong, powerful, and tenacious king to rule over Ithaca. Who else would be fit for the job but me? Many other men have come seeking Penelope's hand in marriage. I have more qualification in my finger than

The king of Ithaca, son of the god Laertes and Anticleia, married to Penelope and father to Telemachus, was the hero Odysseus. Odysseus is known for his cunning and brilliant intelligence. During Odysseus’ lifetime, he went on many adventures including a few that involved a cyclops, the Land of the Dead, and the Suitors.

I completely agree with your statement about time never stopping, if you aren't right there with it, it will pass you in a heartbeat. Odysseus was gone for twenty years and had to come back to a kingdom that was completely different from his memory, suitors in his house, his son being an adult, having to be disguised as a beggar allowed him to study how his kingdom had changed and how it was affected while he was gone. “I am that father whom your boyhood lacked and suffered pain for lack of me. I am he.” (295, lines 221-222) Odysseus has to come back to a grown son and has to prove to him that his father has really returned, he came back to a completely different place that had gone through many years without him there. This often times occur

“A happy life consists not in the absence but in the mastery of hardships”(Helen Keller). In the Odyssey, Odysseus faced many hardships thanks to the Gods. Poseidon sent storm winds and waves to his ship. Zeus left him in the sea and kept attacking him, and hitting his ship. In the end, those hardships got Odysseus home. They gave him the strength and courage to defeat the suitors and have his arms around his wife once again. The Gods intention through the hardships was to help Odysseus.

Odysseus was the king of Ithaca; he had a wife, and a new-born son Telemachus. While his son was still an infant, king Agamemnon declared war on the Troy, and Odysseus was drafted to fight in the Greek army. It was there that he did many heroic deeds, most notably his concoction of the Trojan Horse plan. But this story begins after all that after he offends the god Poseidon and is sent on his journey, his quest, his Odyssey.

Kind Odysseus who is finally home is being bath by a female servant named Eurynome and rubbed with golden oil, and was given fresh clothes, Athena gave him beauty from head to toe. Not only did she make him taller and stronger, but she also gave him crisping hair in curls like petals on a flower but all red-golden. Imagine gold and silver infused together by a craftsman, whose art is equivalent to Hephaestus, or Athena's, whose work is delightful: since she showered beauty over Odysseus' head to toe. He then sat on the same chair and faced his silent wife and said, "Strange woman, the gods who live on mount Olympus have made you hard. Who else in the world would keep distance from her husband if he returned to her on his own land from twenty

People in ancient Greece, like many modern religious individuals, blame their misfortune on their gods. Unlike modern theology, though, Greeks also have Fate to blame. The gods and Fates both work together and against each other to control human lives in Greek literature. The Fates’ prophecies set outlines for human lives, like when they survive, who they kill, and how they die. The gods have the power to effect all other aspects of human lives. Humans can, in some ways, reject the attention of the gods. In The Odyssey, Odysseus deals with all three in order to return home. The cause of Odysseus’ decade long journey home from Troy cannot be narrowed down to one entity; instead, it is caused by a complex combination of the gods’ meddling, the fate’s predictions, and humans’ free will.