The Paragraph Of Odysseus In Homer's The Odyssey

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The Odyssey Paragraph Odysseus, in the Odyssey by Homer, and I demonstrate being quick witted in tough situations. Odysseus showed cleverness by pulling his men off the lotus island “[He] drove them, all three wailing, to the ship, tied them down under their rowing benches, called the rest: All hands aboard” (898). If Odysseus would not have saved his men, they would have been stuck on the island. Additionally, Odysseus who was warned that there are one hundred suitors who think he’s dead and they want him never to return because they all wanted to take his spot for fortune and his wife. “Odysseus disguises himself as a beggar and visits the palace” (943). If Odysseus would not of they might have killed him for his wife. Likewise I have to

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