![]() ![]() No wonder that he was admired and protected by Athena, the goddess of wisdom. And on the other hand, he was a very faithful and loyal husband and father as he declined immortality twice on his journey just to get home to his wife and son. He was also a great warrior and very charismatic leader who often inspired his men. He was thought to be the most clever greek hero, finding neat solutions to every problem. Odysseus was a son of Laertes, a king of Ithaca, and Anticlea. As you guessed right, this epic is called the Odyssey and it tells about the hero's ten year journey back to his kingdom Ithaca, where his wife Penelope hadn't seen her husband for ten years because of the war and was about to live in agony for another ten years. In the other of Homer's epic, Odysseus is the protagonist. He plays one of the central roles in Homer's Iliad where the Greeks were, thanks to his ingenuity, able to defeat the Trojans and claim the city of Troy. Odysseus was one of the greatest heroes in Greek Mythology. Odysseus Odysseus, the mastermind hero of the Iliad and the Odyssey ![]()
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