Hubris is one of the major themes of the epic, The Odyssey and is a Greek term for excessive pride. According to many myths, Gods are known to punish the person with extreme pride or overconfidence to restrain them and teach them the quality of patience.

The correct answers are 1) Too much pride is dangerous, 2) A great leader is responsible and 3) Great journeys often lead back home. These three themes are found in the novel The Odyssey by Homer.

According to this excerpt, how has Odysseus changed over the course of his adventure? He has become more humble and patient in battle. under Poseidon’s blows, gale winds and tons of sea. He values home and family more than personal glory.

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Through the story he does evolve and develop as a character; by the end of the story, he is more patient and is able to put his pride to the side, and becomes more cunning and even reduces his stature of King of Ithaca, and disguises himself as a beggar, and allowing abuse from the suitors.

Based on his behavior during the supreme ordeal, Odysseys has learned patience and self-control. Odysseus has always been arrogant about his successes and he had difficulties in controlling his anger. But he later changed and after his difficult journey, he developed more patience as well as self-control.

Odysseus understands that the ending of the Trojan War means he is to go back home to his family. His trials and tribulations to that end prove his loyalty to his family. We never see Odysseus straying from his goal of returning to Ithaca and his family.

He went anyway and knew is was part of his punishment. It was the only way home. He then knew that he would be the only one to return, but he tried to save his men anyway. He learned overall that he must obey the gods and sacrifice to them for his wrong doings.

Odysseus is considered an epic hero for his role as King of Ithaca, his participation in the war, and his journey home. A hero has some type of superhuman ability, such as intelligence, physical strength, or bravery: Odysseus was known for his ability to think himself out of tough situations.

Odysseus was a greek hero who fought in the Trojan War. He also took many other ruthless actions, like ordering his men to sail towards Scylla instead of just deciding that going home was less important than staying alive. 3.

Odysseus is not a hero because, he is foolish, lacks faithfulness and is consumed by his Hubris and selfishness. Although he may be considered a war hero, Odysseus is not a hero in other respects. This is so because he is self-centered which is clear because he doesn’t value other people’s lives.

Odysseus is a terrible leader because he is hubris, does not have good communication skills, and makes horrible decisions. To begin, Odysseus is a hubris person and it greatly impacts his leadership skills. Hubris is when a person thinks they have more power than the gods and has pride in themselves.

Even though Odysseus did good things during his travels and tried to get his men back home safely, many of the things he did were unethical, selfish, and illogical. The main crimes he committed were adultery, assualt, and murder. He could have made it home safely if he did not cause harm to people along the way.

The first bad decision that Odysseus made was poking Polyphemus’ eye out. Even though it was necessary to escape, poking the sea god’s son’s eye out is never a good idea. To make matters worse, Odysseus bragged about his accomplishment later to the cyclops.

Three confirmed: Penelope, his wife, the witch Circe, and the goddess Calypso. Some say he slept with Nausicaa, a princess of Phaeacia.

When Telegonus arrives on Ithaca, he approaches Odysseus’ house, but the guards do not admit him to see his father; a commotion arises, and Odysseus, thinking it is Telemas, rushes out and attacks. In the fighting, he is killed by Telegonus.

After all her words about how she won’t put up with the gods’ abuse anymore, she surrenders so utterly that she kills herself for them so they don’t even have to inconvenience themselves with the effort.

A prophecy foretells that Odysseus will be killed by his son and Athena gets involved, trying to kill Telegonus before he can do any harm.

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Athena explains why she is so fond of Odysseus. Their relationship is one of mutual respect, based on their shared skill as talkers and schemers. Interestingly, Athena does not champion Odysseus because he is a good man, or because he is her devout worshipper, but rather because they share similar traits.

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Circe, like Calypso, is an immortal goddess who seeks to prevent Odysseus from returning home. Also like Calypso, Circe is described as “lustrous” and “the nymph with the lovely braids,” and is first seen weaving at her loom. Circe has magic powers, which she uses to turn some of Odysseus’s men into pigs.

Trygon bears a deadly stinger she must get to protect her son. The condition is that she suffer its eternal poison. She wins the weapon of Trygon but she is weary of the constant fight against the choices of men. “The darkness around us shimmered with the clouds of his guilded blood.

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