personal qualities that enabled him to survive his adventures. His third stop on his voyage home to Ithaca was the land of the Cyclopes‚ where Odysseus successfully escaped danger. Odysseus showed guile when creating his escape plan. Odysseus fed Polyphemus (the Cyclops
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battle a terrible storm had hit that was made by Zeus‚ the god of all gods‚ and his way home was turned into an adventure. Odysseus’ actions on the adventure makes his a very disrespectful guy‚ that caused his own imprisonment because he invaded Polyphemus’ cave and stayed‚ when he didn’t tell his men about Scylla and Charybdis when they were approaching them‚ and the fact that he let his men eat the sun god’s‚ Helios’‚ cattle. Odysseus and his men stopped at Cyclops Island and Odysseus took twelve
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handled the situation with Polyphemus. His journey was dangerous and hard but he persevered through it and was able to overcome every obstacle that was put in his way. The encounter with Polyphemus was one of the defining moments where Odysseus truly become a hero. When Odysseus first landed on the island of Polyphemus him and his crewmates were very curious about what might be on the island. The crew explored the island and they found their way into the cyclops‚ Polyphemus‚ cave.
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along with the battle talk/ to keep their courage up: No man quitting now." [Book 9 lines 282-285] This quote illustrates how Odysseus jabbed the olive tree in Polyphemus’s eye. The thought of home‚ and him and his men free made him blind Polyphemus. The term ordinary man relates to making mistakes‚ which was what Odysseus did in book 10. Odysseus’s temptation’s made him make a mistake and cheat on his wife Penelope for Circe. "We two/ shall mingle and make love upon out bed
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as the mere mortal blinded his son Polyphemus (Homer 112). Poseidon shows his independence because all of “the other gods felt compassion‚ all save Poseidon‚ who steadily strove with godlike Odysseus” (Homer 1). Poseidon has a deep hatred for Odysseus that none of the other gods do‚ but Poseidon does not give into his fellow immortals advice and continues to make the journey back to Ithaca difficult for Odysseus (Homer 64). Additionally‚ Odysseus
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Epic Heroes are admirable‚ even though their actions bring pain and suffering without intent. In Homers epic poem The Odyssey‚ Odysseus displays many admirable qualities‚ many of which bring much sorrow to the ones he loves. Odysseus portrays the image of a hard-fighting warrior. His charisma portrays him as a god-like figure among men and a king amongst the people of Ithaca. During Odysseus’ journey his persistency allows him to conquer many obstacles in his path. Unfortunately Odysseus is too cunning
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the poem itself. The moral of power of cunning over strength was shown in the story of when Odysseus and his men went to Cyclops Island. When Odysseus and his men got trapped Odysseus easily could have been irrationally and just started to attack Polyphemus‚ but he did not because he did not want to put his men in
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Odysseus feels proud of blinding Polyphemus since he goes to the lengths of proclaiming his name for credit which soon proves itself as an idiotic move as well because Poseidon then destroys their ship after having heard Polyphemus’ prayer about
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intelligence and strength allow him to get out of difficult situations‚ but his one flaw that was bringing Odysseus down was his hubris. The whole time Odysseus was trying to get home‚ he had many opportunities to display these traits‚ for example giving Polyphemus the wine to put him asleep showed his intelligence because this was the best way to injure the giant while causing the least amount of death. When he hung from the fig tree and waited for his ship‚ or being trapped in Polyphemus’s cave are all obstacles
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During his journey back home‚ he encountered a giant‚ Polyphemus. This giant murders four of his soldiers and Odysseus does not stand for it. He purposefully drunkens the giant and yells at him “You barbarian!” “What you’ve done outrages all that’s right!” (Homer 9. 391-395). Although he makes sure that the Cyclops
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