How Odysseus is a hero in the Odyssey The Odyssey, according to Gilbert Highet "took place in a time of war and violence with pirates, savages and monsters pressing in upon the small world and in heaven, a dynasty of angry, incalculable and violent gods, quarreling with one another and men" (v). Through all of this misery and misfortune lived a hero, and his name was Odysseus. Odysseus was the king of Ithaca, husband of …showed first 75 words of 1387 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1387 total…barrier and arrive home safely" (Internet source) Through his heroic journey his character was able to develop. He developed clever thought and patience due to the obstacles that were sent by the gods, which required that he be heroically patient. Nonetheless he was a man of intellect which helped him reach home and be given his hero status once again, saving his wife from the suitors and being the father he once was to Telemachus.