The Idea Of Heroes In Homer's Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer is an epic poem about Odysseus’ journey to his homeland Ithaca and beloved family, after being gone for ten long years because of the Trojan war. Odysseus is faced with many obstacles, including his encounters with Poseidon, the god of the sea, the witch goddess, Circe, and the scandalous suitors of Ithaca. On the other hand, DC Comic’s Superman is the hero in a story about Clark Kent, who grows up on Earth with human parents and soon discovers his true identity and must find out the truth about where he came from. His home planet Kytron was on the verge of extinction when his parents to save their infant son Kal El had to send him to Earth. There Kal-El, his real name, was adopted by a human family and named Clark Kent
The Odyssey is about Odysseus, who is the hero in the story, who is known for his cunningness to the modern time of superheroes like Superman who has supernatural abilities that make him into a superhero. Superman saves the world from Lex Luthor, who’s plan was to cause a major earthquake. Lex Luthor knew Superman was going to be a serious problem, and discovering Kryptonite was the only thing Superman was vulnerable too. Lex Luthor lured the superhero into a trap, using Kryptonite to make Superman defenseless. However, Superman escapes with the help of Lex Luthor's assistant. At the end Superman brings Lex Luthor to justice and puts him in prison for the crimes he committed. This event shows Superman is forgiving instead of killing the villains Superman brings them to justice for the common good of the people, on the other hand, Odysseus who only avenges the suitor for himself and his family, but does not nothing to help the people of Ithaca. After returning to Odysseus’ homeland Ithaca, Athena the goddess of wisdom disguised Odysseus as a beggar and helped him come up with a plan to destroy the suitors for corrupting his throne. After defeating Penelope's challenge, showing the suitors that he is truly Odysseus. He starts the slaughter of the suitors by killing Antinous the leader of the suitors first before killing the others portraying him as being vengeful “But
In modern day the idea of a hero is that the hero will bring the villain to justice for the common good of the people, but the hero in The Odyssey Odysseus was starting to become selfish of his fame. Superman through his journey, alway stood for justice and the people. He proves this when three criminals from Krypton, General Zod ,Ursa and Non fly to Earth and plan to take control. After Superman hears news of them, he comes to save the day. This event shows that he does this for the people not for himself. By including this event, the writers are appealing to the idea superhero in the modern day world. However, when Homer wrote The Odyssey the idea of a hero was different. In event shows that Odysseus is proving to have fallen into his fame and reputation, becoming selfish “ Soften some beeswax and stop your ship mate’s ears so none can hear, none of the crew, but if you are bent on hearing, have them tie you hand to foot in the swiftship so you can hear the sirens’ song to your heart's content. But if you plead, commanding your men to set you free, then they must last you faster, rope on rope”( XI, 213 ). Here Odysseus is talking with Circe, Circe is warning Odysseus about the sirens and what path would be safest to take. But when Odysseus tells his crew, he lies to them saying “friends…..it's wrong for only one or two to know