Odysseus's Heroic Attributes

The epic "Odyssey" written by Homer is centered on the main traveler Odysseus and his long journey of returning home. Odysseus king of Ithaca returned home after defeating a Trojan horse in a 10 year war. On the way home he angered Poseidon Poseidon and bothered his son's polyphemus Cyclops. Because of the action of Odysseus, Poseidon refused to let Odysseus go home, and Odysseus and his crew were obliged to pass a series of obstacles through the epic. Through this adversity, Odysseus must show his heroic affiliation to survive.

A storytelling-like function is lying; this is surprisingly the most useful of Homer's heroic attributes for Odysseus. It seems that lying is not attractive to people, but Homer obviously does not look like that. Instead he praised the shyness of Odysseus and used it many times throughout the story as Odysseus came as he wanted. Throughout the story, Odysseus was forced to use his wisdom over and over again to get rid of uncomfortable and potentially lethal situations. Odysseus proposed a plan to punish Polyphemus by making it blind when he arrived at Cyclops and discovered that he and his people were trapped in the cave of Polyphemus. He also used "nobody" tricks to stop Polyphemus from getting help from fellow Cyclopes. His plan allowed him and his people to escape. In this case, he did not use the force of force to defeat his enemies but used his talent to plan.

In this article we will explore ways to build Odysseus 'heroic identity in a sociological way in Homer' s "Odyssey". As a hero, Odysseus must constantly test and improve the heroic nature of Odysseus. Every aspect of Greek heroes will be enriched. Odyssey is always the central focus of Homer's scholarship. People pay great attention to issues such as Odysseus 'heroic temperament and other Greek roles such as Achilles, Odysseus' s typicality as a Greek hero. For example, W. B. In "Atypical Heroes" (1983), Stanford pointed out that Odysseus is an atypical hero with some qualities, especially in Ilead, despised by later tradition.