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Odysseus embodies many characteristics the Greeks considered heroic, including bravery and a sense of strategy, both of which he displays on his tiresome journey home to Ithaca. Odysseus exhibits his courage in many circumstances by escaping even the most terrorizing situations. For example, stabbing the Cyclops's eye required valor that only Odysseus could muster. He didn't blind Polyphemus by himself, but it took Odysseus's encouraging and eloquent words to persuade his men to perform such a risky task." Now at last, I thrust our stake in a bed of embers/ to get it red-hot and rallied all my comrades/ ‘Courage–no panic, no one hang back now!'"(223). Another example of Odysseus's incredible dauntlessness is when he braved Circe's magical potions inspired only to save his men. While Odysseus received aid from the gods without which he most likely would not have succeeded, he had the initial courage to challenge Circe even before he was granted immunity. This bravery is truly what......

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