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Odysseus: A Hero
Heroism was not an invention of the Greeks. Yet, through the first hundreds
years of their civilization, the Greek literature has already given birth to
highly polished and complex long epics that revolved around heroes. These
literature works gave many possibilities of definition of heroism. The Greeks
illustrated heroism to obey the rules laid down by the gods and goddesses, and
those who obey ....
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.... race.
Odysseus decided to pick his best men, goods offered as gifts, and headed toward
a Cyclops's cave. When his men saw cheese, pens, and lamb on lying on the racks,
they pleading to Odysseus, "Why not take these cheeses, get them stowed, come
back, throw all the pens, and make a run for it? We'll drive thekids and lambs
aboard. We say put out again on good salt water!" Odysseus dismissed the
suggestion, "I wished to see the cave man, and what he had to offer. ....
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