Resumo de Homer?s Odyssey - What Is An Epic Hero?

What is an epic hero? Homers? Odyssey is about an epic hero named
Odysseus and his quest home. Odysseus is an epic hero because he is
valiant and brave, the gods favor him, he shows respect to the gods,
with the help of the gods he can survive things most men couldn?t, and
he is

Odysseus shows he is valiant and brave when he fights the monstrous
Polyphemus and stabbed him in the eye with a giant olive tree. He
proves he is brave during this battle because Polyphemus is a giant
Cyclopes, and Odysseus has to outsmart him in order to escape for
survival. He also proves he is very wise and strategic by only stabbing
him, not killing him. The bolder in front of the cave, locking them in
is so giant, that a creature with his strength can only move it.
Another example of Odysseus? braveness is when he stands up to the one
hundred sooters by stringing the bow and shooting the arrow through the
axe handles. Then, he kills the hundred sooters with his bloody bare
hands. This shows Odysseus? braveness because fighting one hundred men
by himself is a very big feat.

Next, Odysseus is an epic hero because the gods favor Odysseus
through his treacherous quest. One time the gods showed they prefer
Odysseus when Aeolus puts all the whisping winds into a sack, and the
crew is on their quest. The crew thinks the sack holds gold and jewels.
Thus, they open it, sending them crashing on the gigantic waves created
by the wind and water which sends them back to the island. Aeolus, the
god, still helps them because she understands their happenings. Also,
when Odysseus is being imprisoned by the astonishingly beautiful
Goddess Calypso. Zeus? daughter requests that Odysseus be released
because he needs to continue is quest. Because of her request, Zeus
sends a messenger to Calypso to order Odysseus be released.

Odysseus then shows he?s an epic hero by showing respect for the Gods.
Odysseus shows respect when he vows to sacrifice his choice heifer.
Then he burns the best pieces of meat on the alter fire. Another way he
shows respect to the gods is when he prays to the gods and washes his
hands. While he is doing this, his men eat the cows of the sun god.
Odysseus then cries out to the gods after discovering his men?s? wrong
doings.

Odysseus, with the help of the gods, can survive things most men can?t.
Odysseus escapes from Laestrogenus even though his men are still
viscously murdered. Odysseus thinks quick enough to cut the rope to the
boat and sail away. Next, Odysseus used the help of the gods to
outsmart the suitors by dressing as a beggar when the nurse discovers
that the beggar was Odysseus by seeing the scar on his ankle Odysseus
made her promise not to tell. When Odysseus went to his wife she did
not know it was him either and Odysseus got the chance to string the
bow and shoot the arrow through the axe heads. The suitors made fun of
him when he was inspecting the bow and then when he succeeded in doing
his task the suitors were shocked Antinoos was disgusted and threatened
to kill Odysseus when Odysseus killed him the other suitors were very
disgruntled they said they would kill him, but when they looked for
there weapons and a place to hide they discovered that they had been
taken. As a result of this they tried to blame it on Antinoos and say
he was the leader he made us do this but Odysseus was smart and knew
they were lying. Eurymakhos leads the pack of wild suitors in a rage
and tries to battle Odysseus but Odysseus single handedly battles the
suitors and kills every last one of them. This shows that without the
Gods idea to dress as a beggar Odysseus would have not had the sneak
approach that he did during the battle.

Odysseus helped the men keep there courage when they were forced to row
through the murky waters while lie in wait for there entrance to send
them down with a enormous mouth full of water blown to make a giant
whirlpool never to return to thesurface. Odysseus demands that the
crew of his ship continue rowing and they succeed in getting past the
giant monster.

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