Odysseus

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Odysseus is a Greek king of Ithaca in Greek mythology, and a stud of Homer epic poems. A little about him king of Ithaca, Penelope husband, Telemachus father, Laertes and Anticlea sons. He is very guile and resourceful and known by the epithet Odysseus the cunning. However, a theme that everyone recognizes in the Odysseus is the cunning over strength. Odysseus is very intelligent; he is a man of “twist of turns…” The Greek term for his smarts is polytropos. In many of Homer stories the characters dwell on one more than the other. However, by no means is Odysseus lacking physical strength of his mind to face danger with courage. Odysseus analysis cunning over strength as he defeats the Cyclops, and makes his journey home to Ithaca.

The Cyclops a giant-killer. Lives in a cave close to a beautiful island name Phaeacian that is home of the goats. The Cyclops being fierce and lawless lived in hollow caverns high in the mountains. Odysseus implies, “And what a formidable monster he was! He was quite unlike any man who eats bread, more like some wooded peak in the high hills, standing out ...

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