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Courage In The Odyssey
Oddysey by Homer is an epic about the Odyssey .Odyssey is about Odyyseus is tryna return to ethika to his wife and son before he get a beard .In Odyssey by Homer clearly develops Odyssey as an epic hero . he is a great warrior , he is humble , and he faces supernatural foes and receives supernatural help .
Odyssey has great strength and courage in this movie he showed lots of braveness and courage .
Its a lot of things Oddyseus sowed great strength and courage of warrior because he went to the underworld and it is a very scary place. The courage is he the one who was dong all the work and his feet was burning so thats showing a lot of courage . A sign of of strength of strength is when he built the boat and it broke and he was stuck in them

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