The Odyssey by Smitty

“Charge!” screamed the commander of the Greek army. “Thank Zeus for Odysseus,” he said. All of the Greeks praised Odysseus that day. For the rest of the Greek culture everybody knew the name Odysseus, because of his invention of the Trojan horse. Odysseus was a hero because he was courageous, very smart, and he never gave up.

            Odysseus was very courageous. Odysseus had the mettle to stand firm against the Cyclops. Then he had the audacity to stab Polyphemus in the eye, and then he tricked him by saying his name was nobody. He had the boldness to stand against the fury of Poseidon, god of the sea. He even had the drive to challenge over one hundred suitors, who were trying to hook up with his girl.

            Odysseus had the gift of a super brain bestowed upon him by Athena. One of his better-known achievements was the Trojan horse. He figured out how to escape the monstrous Cyclops! Odysseus found a way to kill every single suitor in his house on top of that there was over one hundred suitors in that house. He also came up with way to enter and then exit the under world all in one piece.

            Last but not least Odysseus would never give up. He did not give up when the Cyclops was eating his men. Odysseus never gave up when Poseidon kept attacking his ship, the second most powerful god in all of the Greek culture. Odysseus would not give up when Teiresias said it would be a tough road ahead of him. Most importantly he did not give up when he was trapped on an island with the ever so lovely Calypso.

            Odysseus had the bravado to stand up to Poseidon. He was very smart to come up with the Trojan horse. Odysseus never gave up, even when the odds were stacked against him he never gave in. These are the reasons Odysseus is a hero.