Getting presents from people. * Winning. Battles and contests, mainly. * Getting home. * One-upping people. Either with wit, or strength… whatever he can use. Thersites, Ajax, Philoctetes, Polyphemos, the Suitors… * Ladiiies. read more
Odysseus demonstrated god-like qualities in The Odyssey through his intelligence and ability to inspire his men. In one instance, he tricked the Cyclops Polyphemus by telling him his name was “nobody” and then disguising his men as sheep so that Polyphemus would unwittingly let them out of his cave. read more