Odysseus is and to use your word, “considered” a trickster because that is precisely the way Homer composed him. Odysseus is, by definition, the one to whom all the other characters go for a solution to those problems that were beyond the minds of ordinary men. read more
Odysseus does have, though, several features of the traditional hero. First, as demonstrated by the scene in which he is the only person capable of bending his bow, he is a strong and powerful warrior. read more