Odysseus: An Admirable Hero

Odysseus lead a ship full of men ready to fight their way back to Ithaca, which is where Odysseus and his men are from. Odysseus and his men sail the seas for about 10 years before Odysseus reaches Ithaca, and gets to see his family and town back. His leadership was very admirable throughout their journey. Odysseus is an admirable hero because he display the following traits: loyalty, cleverness, and strength.

First, Odysseus’s trait, loyalty, shows him as a admirable hero. In “The Land of the Dead” it explains, “Odysseus demands that Circe changes his men back into human form. Before Odysseus departs from the island a year later…” (page: 776). This explains Odysseus’s trait, loyalty, because it shows that Odysseus is loyal to his men and
In “Scylla and Charybdis” it explains, “Then Scylla made her strike whisking six of my best men from the ship. I happened to glance aft at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and legs, dangling high over head. Voices came down to me in anguish, calling my name for the last time,” (page: 787). This explains Odysseus’s trait, strength, because it explains that 6 of Odysseus’s best men were sacrificed from the Scylla, which must be terrifying to him as he watched his men die. Also in “The Sirens” it explains, “The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen, and I tried to say ‘Untie me!’ to the crew, jerking my brows;” (page:785). This explains Odysseus’s trait, strength, because it shows how he strengthens his men, using Odysseus’s own strength, to not listen to him under the vary sounds of The Sirens.

In Conclusion, this proves how Odysseus was an admirable hero throughout “The Odyssey”. This was proven by the following traits that Odysseus showed throughout “The Odyssey” : loyalty, cleverness, and strength ,plus they were proven in the following sections of “The Odyssey” : “The Land of the Dead” , “The Cyclops” , “Scylla and Charybdis” , and “The