Why Is Odysseus Not A Hero

Odysseus is not a hero because he hasn't done good things to make him deserve to be called a hero. Yes, he has done good things but then he has done some awful things to. Like steal things from people, kill in cold blood, be disloyal to his wife and cheat, and only think of himself and not others.

So the main reason Odysseus is not a hero is that when athena told him that there are suitors in his house eating all his food and livestock he just decided to kill every single one of them so did his son telemachus. He could've just showed up back in ithaca and disguise have athena disguise himself and then revealed himself to all of them and kill them all. If he would have showed up at home and then penelope would have her husband back and she wouldn't have to remarry and they would leave. When he found out that the maids were disloyal to him he made them clean up all the suitors and then he hung them in cold blood.
He got into bed with circe and pleaded her. They were there for a year and he was probably cheating on his wife for a year. If he really cared about her and was loyal like most heroes are odysseus wouldn't have cheated on penelope. When Odysseus and his men were traveling on the sea and they were passing the sirens. Odysseus wanted to be the only man to ever hear the sirens and survive. That seems pretty selfish because, he was only thinking about himself and the glory he would get from people when he told his