When you think of a Greek heroes, Odysseus most likely will be the first hero to come in mind. A Greek hero is someone who must have suffer during his or her lifetime, have the help of the gods/goddesses and also can be honored after his or her death. In the story called The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus shows the trait of a Greek hero. He faces many obstacles and life threatening situations but however, he over comes them all. Odysseus is a Greek hero because he has suffered during his lifetime by facing many obstacles like finding his way back home to Ithaca after the Trojan War and also, he was very much favored by the gods/goddesses.
Odysseus is a Greek hero because he overcome many obstacles in order to reach home. Odysseus faces many difficulties throughout his journey and with his intelligence and bravery, he overcomes them all in order to find his way home. When Odysseus and his companions entered the land of the Cyclopes, one of the Cyclopes named Polyphemus ate about 6-8 of Odysseus’ men and promised Odysseus that he will be save for last. However, Odysseus found a way to escape the Cyclopes cave with his intelligence by getting the Cyclopes drunk. “Now Odysseus had with some of the wine of Maron, and with this he made Polyphemus drunk; he told him his name was Nobody (Uutis)” (20. 527). This demonstration of how Odysseus proves himself by being able to come up with solutions to his obstacles in order to succeed in life-threatening situations. Odysseus had to prove himself and his bravery in many different occasions of his journey back home to his wife and son in Ithaca. Another example will be the journey to the underworld. The underworld is said to be the “conquest of death, and the most formidable struggle a hero has to face” (20. 529). Odysseus faces the underworld with the guide of Circe to find the solution of how he will reach home and also what other obstacles awaits him at home. He uses his intelligence, ...