Odysseus And Oedipus Cleverness

Odysseus and Oedipus has displayed their cleverness in key parts in the text by overcoming obstacles and critical moments where they had to use their intelligence(cleverness) in good use. Odysseus show’s his cleverness with his encounter with Polyphemus the cyclops. He originally put his brains in use when he encountered the cyclops by not telling him his real name to make the situation safer. During the interaction with the Odysseus and the cyclops’ Odysseus managed to get Polyphemus drunk and was able to blind him. When these events occurred he was able to make him open the mouth of the cave for his escape.
Oedipus cleverness was shown when he was able to solve riddles which has the ability to make him stand out. Oedipus ability was able
to save the city of Thebes and was made Thebes new king when he solved Sphinx riddle, “the supernatural being that held the city captive”. This happened because Oedipus ran into Laius which lead into a brawl where Oedipus slays Laius and majority of his guards; then was able to defeat the Sphinx by solving the riddle that was very mysterious to help him declare his thrown as King. Both characters have unique ways to show their intelligence(cleverness) which makes them similar but very much different because Odysseus uses a more survival type method to mainly save himself verses Oedipus who had a talent that was able to impact a lot of people towards the greater good of his ability to save the city.