Odysseus - An Epic Hero?

My translation of a literary big wiz is a character who is apposite, brave, and a good fighter. In the grand poesy The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus, fits this definition perfectly. Odysseus is incredibly clever, like in the episode The cyclops. He is in addition brave. The episode coast from troy showed that. Finally, the episode called Odysseuss penalize proves that he is a hard fighter. Odysseus can be considered an epic poor boy because he has both(prenominal) of the characteristics necessary to be one.\nIn the episode The Cyclops, Odysseus is shown having the epic feature of cleverness. Odysseus and his manpower were sailing photographic plate from scrap in the trojan War, when a sudden raise and current change send them off course. After fighting the Cicones on the island Ismarus and being tempted by sleep-inducing lotus flowers, they find themselves set down on the b apiecees of the Island of Cyclopes. They go to look for ones cave, however they g et trapped. To escape cock, Odysseus gets the Cyclops drunk, and indeed stabs his eyes so that hes blinded. Then, Odysseus and his men kill under the Cyclops sheep. The poem says, I tied them wordlessly together, twining cords of willow from the dickenss bed, then slung a homo under each middle one to chew out there safely, shielded on the left and right. So iii sheep could convey each man (378-392). This idea worked well because the Cyclops couldnt see them, he depended on his insureing and sense of pass on to find them in display case they try to escape. This was precise clever because, since theyre underneath the sheep, though, he cannot hear or feel them difference by him. Now they permit a perfect escape route back to the ship. This proves that Odysseus is very clever. Hes not only clever, though, but also incredibly brave.\nThe episode Sailing from Troy proved that Odysseus had other trait of an epic hero: bravery. In this episode, he and his men had just won t he fifth column War, and were on their way...