DID YOU KNOW WHAT A WRITFIND TWO OF THE ODYSSEYS HEROIC TRAITS
heroic trait was? Well a Heroic trait is a series of traits you can choose for your character during character creation. Like, Courage and intelligence, they are traits that seem heroic even in today′s world. They are heroic traits that a hero should have to be willing to sacrifice their own life for the greater good, including honesty, patience and dedication, courage, trustworthiness, and endurance. In Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey the character of Odysseus has numerous admirable character traits, but the two that are often used to define him are courage and intelligence. In The Odyssey is a narrative poem that was sung by Homer. The Odyssey takes place after the fall of Troy in the Iliad. For example Odysseus uses courage when he had to leave the land of the lotus-eaters despite his crew’s thoughts about it being a calm and peaceful place. But not only that Odysseus overcomes his fears and descends to the underworld to hear his prophecy told by Tiresias. Then he uses the heroic trait intelligence when he is telling the Phaeacians the story of his travels. Also, Odysseus′ intelligence is found when he is describing his trials in the cave of the cyclops. Courage and intelligence are traits that seem heroic even in today′s world. Qualities a hero should have to be willing to sacrifice their own life for the greater good are honesty, patience and dedication, courage, trustworthiness, and endurance. [unique_solution]The first heroic trait that Odysseus has is courage. For example, Odysseus had to leave the land of the lotus-eaters despite his crew’s thoughts about it being a calm and peaceful place. ”But I brought them back, back to the hollow ships, and streaming tears-I forced them.”(214). Not only does this show his physical strength but it also shows his courage as a leader. This demonstrates that Odysseus acted for the betterment of his crew even though it brought him pain. Not only has Odysseus gone through alot of pain but he has also been dealt his fair share. Odysseus is very strong and powerful; this is especially prevalent in battle with his enemies.” So we seized our stake with its fiery tip and bored it round and round in the giant eye.”(223) Secondly, another example Odysseus uses is courage when he overcomes his fears and descends to the underworld to hear his prophecy told by Tiresias, a famous prophet. Tiresias tells Odysseus that while he wants ″a sweet smooth journey home″ (Book 11, line 111).″a god will make it hard for you″ (113). This god is Poseidon, who is angry because Odysseus has blinded his son, the Cyclops. Tiresias tells Odysseus that his crew may still reach home if he can ″curb their wild desire and curb your own″ (line 119). Tiresias says it′s critical for Odysseus′s crew not to disturb the cattle of Helios, the sun god, for if they do, they will be destroyed. Even if Odysseus survives, he will ″come home late/and come a broken man″ (129-130). His men will be destroyed, and he will find a ″world of pain at home,″ with men courting his wife and eating all his food (line 132). Odysseus will then need to ″pay them back in blood″ (line 135). After he has sought revenge on the men destroying his house, he will have to go to a place far from the sea to make a sacrifice to Poseidon. Only then will he be able to enjoy a ″gentle, painless death″ (line 154) and know that his land and people are in peace. Therefore this shows us that Odysseus uses courage to get away his fear of Tiresias. Also, he had a lot of courage to make a sacrifice to Poseidon so he would be able to enjoy a gentle death and now his land and people are in peace. Lastly, the protagonist of Homer′s epic poem “The Odyssey” is Odysseus. Odysseus′s second heroic ability is his great intelligence. His intelligence proves the saying ″brains over brawn .″ Book nine has many examples which highlight Odysseus′ intelligence. In book nine, Odysseus is telling the Phaeacians the story of his travels. When Odysseus finds his ship in the land of the Lotus-Eaters, ″three of [his] men tasted it and all they wanted was more.″ Odysseus, knowing that the men would not desire home if the lotus kept its control over them, tied the men to a pole and set sail away from the lands. But not only that, Odysseus′ intelligence is found when he is describing his trials in the cave of the cyclops: ″But I realized that only he could unstopper the mouth of the cave.″ Odysseus realizes that he cannot kill the cyclops (Polyphemus); instead, he must outwit the cyclops in order to get him to move the boulder which blocks the exit. As the other cyclops in the area come to find out what Polyphemus is screaming about, the cyclops screams that nobody is hurting him. Nobody is the name Odysseus gave to the cyclops (′My name is Nobody,′ I told him. ′It′s Nobody!′ bellowed Polyphemus.). The other cyclops believe that nothing is really wrong. Lastly, Odysseus, needing to hide from the blinded cyclops, creates a plan where his men will hide under three sheep tied together. ″When it was time to let them out to pasture, the Cyclops ran his hands over their backs but did not notice the men underneath.″ All of this text evidence illustrates the great intelligence of Odysseus-a trait he could not have survived without. In conclusion, in Homer′s epic poem the Odyssey the character Odysseus has numerous admirable character traits, but the two that are often used to define him are his courage and intelligence. For example Odysseus uses courage when he had to leave the land of the lotus-eaters despite his crew’s thoughts about it being a calm and peaceful place. But not only that Odysseus overcomes his fears and descends to the underworld to hear his prophecy told by Tiresias. Then he uses the heroic trait intelligence and this when he is telling the Phaeacians the story of his travels. Also, Odysseus′ intelligence is found when he is describing his trials in the cave of the cyclops. These are heroic traits that The Odysseus has to be willing to sacrifice his life for the greater good.