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Charles Gates
11-4-13
6th Hour
The Odyssey Essay
Odysseus was taken away from his family for 20 years in The Odyssey by Homer
Odysseus went throu!h many rou!h sta!es throu!hout this story in his "ourney to return home
He is an e#i$ hero be$ause he was $le%er& darin!& and $oura!eous
Cle%er is des$ribed as bein! smart& 'ui$k at learnin!& and bein! intelli!ent Odysseus
dis#layed these 'ualities when the $y$lo#s asked him his name (nstead of !i%in! his real name
Odysseus said nohbdy and the $y$lo#s belie%ed him Odysseus was smart by !i%in! the $y$lo#s
wine and !ettin! him drunk )he $y$lo#s fell aslee#& and Odysseus and his $rew made a shar#
s#ear to #oke the $y$lo#s eye out *hen Odysseus and his $rew were sent to the lotus eaters
(sland in order to !et home He dis#layed $le%erness by sendin! his men in first to obser%e +y
doin! this& his $rew members found a #lant and ate it& $ausin! them to lose their train of thou!ht
and ho#e of home Odysseus went ba$k to (tha$a where ,thena dressed him u# as a be!!ar
Odysseus would be dis!uised and kill the suitors )his was $le%er be$ause they didn-t know who
Odysseus was until he shot the arrow threw the a.es
/arin! is bein! bra%e and not ba$kin! down Odysseus was bra%e durin! this story when
him and his men went to s$ylla and $harybdis His men were s$ared& but Odysseus #rote$ted
them the best he $ould /urin! their "ourney to )hrinakia& Odysseus told his $rew members not
to eat the $ows )hey didn-t listen to him and ate them ,nyway $ausin! the owner of the $ows to
!et %ery u#set )he owner demanded that somethin! ha##ened & and Odysseus shi# was
destroyed& and all his men were killed e.$e#t him *hen Odysseus returned home to (tha$a& he
killed all the suitors and #rote$ted his family
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He was $oura!eous *hen he went ba$k home to (tha$a& he had to kill all those suitors
and reunite with his family 0e.t& when Odysseus and his men went to $y$lo#es (sland and they
!ot tra##ed in the $a%e& the $y$lo#s $ame in there& but Odysseus didn1t !et s$ared He remained
$alm and 'uiet He and his men made u# a master #lan to kill the $y$lo#s 2astly& he was
$oura!eous when they went to )hrinakia and 3eus destroyed his shi# and killed all his $rew
members
,nd thats why Odysseus is an e#i$ hero He showed heart& and he didn-t !i%e u# He
ne%er turned ba$k and !a%e u# he "ust ke#t on tryin! and tryin! ,nd that1s why he was su$h a
hero