Odysseus In The Odyssey

Odysseus, the main character in “The Odyssey,” had many tales of adventure and his character was shown greatly in the decisions he made. With the help of the important relationships he made, Odysseus was able to return home to his wife. Some of the important characteristics that Odysseus showed in his journey was his wisdom, his leadership, and his important relationship with Athena.

One of the strong characteristics that Odysseus showed was his wisdom when he needed to. A good example of his wisdom is in Troy it said that, “He devised a scheme in which the Greeks left a wooden horse outside the walls of Troy and tricked the Trojans into taking it inside” (Homer 559). The wisdom that Odysseus, helped the Trojans unlock the gates to the city and defeat the Greeks.When the time was needed for wisdom and a clever way to defeat the Greeks Odysseus was able to come through. Odysseus showed wisdom when he says, “Cyclops, try some wine. Here’s liquor to wash down your scraps of men”(Homer 569). To try to escape, Odysseus and his men try and get the Cyclops drunk. While the Cyclops is asleep,

Odysseus and his men will disguise themselves as rams to try and escape. These two examples are one of the many characteristics that Odysseus has.
Another example of a characteristic that Odysseus showed was his leadership with his men. He shows his great leadership when he said, “Therefore you are to tie me up, tight as a splint, erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and if I shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope to muffle me”(Homer 581). When Odysseus and his crew were with the Sirens, Odysseus did not want to be tempted by the Sirens song. His men listened to him and they were able to make it through the Sirens. Odysseus also should good leadership when he and his son, Telemachus, were planning on what they were going to do with the suitors, when Odysseus said, “Here is your part: at break of day tomorrow home with you, fo mingle with our princes”(Homer 599). The leadership of Odysseus helped him and his son kill all the suitors and get Penelope back. Although there were some barriers, Odysseus helped get his family and his life back. Leadership that Odysseus showed, played a big role in “The Odyssey” and his many adventures.
Athena was an important person that helped Odysseus make his way home from Troy and be with his family.

One of the instances were Athena helped Odysseus was when it said, “ Athena appears and informs him of the situation at home”( Homer 595). The situation that she informs him of, is all the suitors being in his house and with his wife. She was very kind for alerting Odysseus and advising him of what he should do. Another example of Athena helping Odysseus along his journey is when it said, “Athena disguises Odysseus as a beggar and directs him to the hut of Eumaeus”(Homer 596). Several reasons that she turned him into a beggar was that she wanted him to be with his family and that she did not want anyone to know that it was really Odysseus. If people knew it was Odysseus than they would try to kill him and overthrow the throne. That is how Athena played a big role in helping

Odysseus.
In “The Odyssey” Odysseus showed many of the characteristics that made him an epic hero and he had a good relationship that helped him get home. Some of the characteristics that he showed was his wisdom and his leadership. The important relationship he had was with Athena and she helped him greatly make his way home. Without the help of Athena and his many characteristics he showed, he would have never made his way home to Penelope and rule his kingdom again.