Odysseus: The Ideal Greek Hero

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In the Odyssey Homer decides to have his main character be the mythical Odysseus. Although Odysseus mostly embodied the ideal Greek hero, he had his shortcomings, his main one was his hubris. Throughout most of the book Odysseus hubris brings himself suffering and drives the story forward.

Throughout the entire story Odysseus escaped from peril using his cunning and skills, but he kept returning to peril through hubris. After Odysseus' cunning and skill had managed to help him and his men escape from the Cyclops' lair, Odysseus decided to not finish his escape because he wanted "see the giant himself, and test his hospitality", and then shouted to him “Cyclops, if any man asks how you came by your blindness, say that