<Tab/>When Odysseus sails off on a journey that could separate him from his family and friends forever, he demonstrates a strength that not too many characters possess, courage. When Odysseus spends several years with the goddess Calypso without knowing if he might ever escape, he reveals a quality foreign to many men, patience. When Odysseus returns to his homeland and defeats the suitors that cause turmoil in his palace, he …showed first 75 words of 1042 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1042 total…of the noblemen that participate in providing an uncomfortable lifestyle for his family and once again declares victory over Ithaca. Even after Odysseus' encounters with hateful, wicked and lonely gods and goddesses, his unique qualities of patience, courageousness and characteristics of a warrior, shows us all that within his soul does not lie a regular man, but one that goes against all odds and fights for what he believes in; Odysseus is a true hero.