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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Odysseus - An Epic Hero?

My translation of a literary grand zep is a character who is clever, brave, and a good fighter. In the epic song The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus, fits this definition perfectly. Odysseus is incredibly clever, like in the episode The daphnia. He is likewise brave. The episode sailing from troy showed that. Finally, the episode called Odysseuss avenge proves that he is a plastered fighter. Odysseus can be considered an epic wiz because he has about of the characteristics necessary to be one.\nIn the episode The Cyclops, Odysseus is shown having the epic peculiarity of cleverness. Odysseus and his manpower were sailing station from flake in the fifth column War, when a sudden wave and current change displace them off course. After fighting the Cicones on the island Ismarus and being tempted by sleep-inducing lotus flowers, they find themselves come on the b each(prenominal)es of the Island of Cyclopes. They go to research ones cave, alone they get trappe d. To melt down, Odysseus gets the Cyclops drunk, and then stabs his eyes so that hes blinded. Then, Odysseus and his men hatch under the Cyclops sheep. The poem says, I tied them wordlessly together, twining cords of willow from the deuces bed, then slung a humankind under each middle one to remonstrate there safely, shielded on the left and right. So trio sheep could convey each man (378-392). This idea worked well because the Cyclops couldnt see them, he depended on his instructing and sense of worry to find them in faux pas they try to escape. This was rattling clever because, since theyre underneath the sheep, though, he can non hear or feel them go by him. Now they reserve a perfect escape route back to the ship. This proves that Odysseus is very clever. Hes not only clever, though, but as well incredibly brave.\nThe episode Sailing from Troy proved that Odysseus had another(prenominal) trait of an epic hero: bravery. In this episode, he and his men had just won the fifth column War, and were on their way...

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