There are many people that think that Odysseus isn Essays

There are many people that think that Odysseus isn't heroic because he got all of his crew men killed durin g their return trip to Ithaca. He has lied to them and even initiated a series of bad luck towards him and his men. But there's also many others people that think he is the most heroic person, because he saved his men from different problems they faced during the jou r ney. Odysseus was heroic because through two creatures he defeated them. The creatures were the Cyclops and Polyphemus son of Poseidon and at the land of the dead. Odysseus and his men are in the cave of Polyphemus eating all of his expecting him to obey the Greek hospitality. Instead of being okay with it Polyphemus eats two of Odysseus' men. Odysseus tells Poyphemus that his name is "Nobody". If only the men could get but there is a big obstacle in their way a huge boulder, that Polyphemus can move out of the way. Ody s seus has prayed to Athena the goddess of wisdom to help him figure something. An olive branch appears enabling the men to create a spear and blind Polyphemus. The men have the Cyclops get drunk enough that he will fall asleep and stab him with spear, now all they have to do is figure out how to get out of the cave.