How Did Odysseus Inspire His Men

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Odysseus demonstrated many different ways of epic heroic, three of the ones that caught my attention were his intelligence and ability to inspire his men. Also the way he tricked Cyclops. Lastly, the way he tricks the suitors and defeated the suitors by taking them by surprise. Odysseus intelligence and ability to inspire his men was heroic, because he inspired his men. He inspired them by making them brave and to keep rowing towards Scylla. Odysseus was also very intelligent that made him and his whole men brave. He wasn’t afraid of anything even if he knew danger was around but nothing would stop Odysseus. He was brave enough to trick Cyclops. The way he tricked Cyclops was by telling him his name was “nobody” and also by disguising his

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