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Aheroisapersonwhoisadmiredforcourageandoutstandingachievements.Thecharacter OdysseusfromTheOdyssey,byHomerwasanamazingheroforhisjourneyof20yearsafterthe TrojanWartoreturnhometoIthaca.Odysseushadtofacemanyobstaclesinhisadventuresuchas defeatingcyclops,passingthroughScyllaandCharybdisandfightingthesuitors. ThefirstobstacleOdysseuswasmostheroicwasdefeatingthecyclops.Odysseusandhismen weretrappedinacavewithaoneeyedmonster,Odysseusneededtofigureoutawaytoescapeand thatwastoblindthecyclops.Odysseuschoppedasixfootsectionofapoleandsharpeneditintoa staketopokethecyclopsoneeye.DoingthatshowedOdysseusstrength.Cyclopswasthentricked byOdysseusbythinkingOdysseusnamewasNohbodyoncethecyclopsgothurthewouldyellout NohbodyblindedmeandmadehimlookfoolishshowedhowintelligentOdysseuswas.Alsoonce escapingOdysseustiedthreesheeptogetherandamanundertomovequicklyoutthecavethisalso showedhowintelligentOdysseuswas.Defeatingandescapingthecyclopswasoneheroicobstacle faced. SecondobstacleOdysseuswentthroughwaspassingScyllaandCharybdis.Scyllaisa monster,herlegstherearetwelvelikegreattentacles,anduponherserpentneck,arebornesixheads likenightmaresofferocity,withtripleserriedrowsoffangsanddeepgulletsofblackdeath(pg.1065). Charybdiswasawhirlpoolthatlurksbelowtoswallowdownthedarkseatide.Threetimesfrom

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dawntoduskshespewsitupandsucksitdownagainthreetimes.ifyoucomeuponhernothingcan saveyou.Youwillloseeverymanandship(pg.1066).OdysseuswaswisetopassthroughScylla firstandlosesixmenthenendingupthroughCharybdisandlosingeverything.Odysseuswastold beforebyCircethatsixmenweregoingtobekilled,Odysseusliedtohismenaboutthefacttheywere goingtodie.Sothemanwouldn'tpanicandgiveup.Hewasaleaderbydoingthat.Alsotryingtosave hismanshowedhowmuchcourageandstrengthhehas.PassingScyllaandCharybdiswasthesecond heroicobstacleOdysseusfaced. Thirdobstaclewasdefeatingallthesuitors.onceOdysseusreachedhome,hehadtodealwith Antinousandsuitors.AthenahelpedOdysseusbyturninghimintoabeggarsohewouldn'tget recognizedbyanyone.Whichwasagreatwayavoidthesuitors.Also,Telemachus(Odysseusson) helpedhisfatheroutbyoutsmartingthesuitorsbyhidingtheirweaponsandtrappingtheminthecity hall.ShowedTeamworkandintelligence.OdysseuswasastrongmanhekilledAntinousanddefeated allthesuitorswiththehelpofthecowherdsandswineherds.Onlyatrueherowouldbeableto overcomealltheseobstacles. InHomersTheOdyssey,Odysseusshowedcourageandoutstandingachievementsin defeatingcyclops,passingScyllaandCharybdisalsodefeatingthesuitors.Withouthisbraveryand courageOdysseuswouldn'thavemadeithome.TheobstaclesOdysseusfacedandadventuresmade showwhatittakestobeatrueepichero.