Is Odysseus a Good Epic Hero, or not?

        Odysseus has been a really important hero character in the Homer’s epic – The Odyssey. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is a really brave, intelligent, and clever hero. Although on his way back to his home is a perilous, he never gives up and faces every situation in front of him.

Even those that he never gives up the idea of going back to Ithaca, I still don’t think he is a really good example of an epic hero because Odysseus too easily to get fascinating by the nymph and I think a hero shouldn’t get allure by somebody else so easily. Also, I think the biggest problem that make he get back to Ithaca so late and taking so long time is because of this. If he didn’t get fascinating by Calypso for so long time, he would go back to Ithaca earlier than 20 years after.

In conclusion, although Odysseus is a really brave, intelligent, and clever hero in Homer’s epic, he is still a normal person and will get fascinating by somebody else. And that is also the reason that I think that he is not a good example of and epic hero because unlike other hero, he is a normal person, but powerful and smarter than others. However, I think a great hero shouldn’t be allure by others, especially women so easily. Because you could lost everything or even die by that.

Hero Analysis

  In The Odyssey, Homer portrays Odysseus as a family man longing to get back to his wife and son. He even gives up immortality with Calypso and Circe in order that he may return to his wife’s arms. And the heroic qualities that Odysseus has are brave, perseverance, cleverness, intelligent and careful. He is a really determined character in the book because he pass through every hard situation that the gods give it to him and finally get back to his homeland and meet his wife and son again after 20 years.

  Odysseus is also really easily to get seducing by the nymph. For example, in the island of Ogygia where is the place that Calypso live and Odysseus get stock there for 7 years, for this, I think that if Odysseus really have the heart to go back to Ithaca, with his intellect, he won’t get stock in the island of Ogygia for that long time. Also, he was fascinated by the other nymph, Circe, after Circe swear that she won’t trick them again and shows her hospitality, and also provide everything that Odysseus and his men needed. Odysseus completely forgets that he has to go back to Ithaca till one of his men and Circe remind him.

  I think he is an ideal hero because he did not afraid to face the situation that the gods give it to him. Also, he had faced several times of dead and even gone to Hades home for the hint about how he can go back to Ithaca. So, I think he is a really brave and intelligent person and definitely an ideal hero.