In the epic poem The Odyssey, as told by Homer, Odysseus is an epic hero. When Telemachus meets his father for the first time in many years, he says,
“‘For I must tell you this is no affair
Of ten or even twice ten men, but scores,
Throngs of them… (1095-1097)
I fear we pay in salt blood for your vengeance.’” (1105)
Odysseus replies, “‘…in combat, in the shouting, when the test comes-/ our nerve against the suitors in my hall’” (1118-1119). Odysseus’s son, who admires Odysseus very much and tells him how much others admire him, warns him of the dangers of attacking his mother’s suitors, but Odysseus has enough courage to fight them anyway. An epic hero is a character who has a lot of courage, so it is obvious that Odysseus is an epic hero.
2007-01-10
15:36:05
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