The beginning of The Odyssey displayed a ferocious warrior who, along with his men, "stormed [Ilion] and killed the men who fought" (The Odyssey). Odysseus' command for his men to stop and return to the ship was weakened by his lack of effort to enforce his order, implying his apathy towards the ransacking of Ilion. The greed and bloodlust displayed by Odysseus and his men showed that they valued battle and blood more than their voyage home, and this foreshadowed the dangers

in stored for them. This forewarning continued as Odysseus journeyed to Hades where he heard Teirasias' prophetic visions regarding his trip home. Teirasias predicted that the journey either could be peaceful or, if the crew and Odysseus can not restrain their desires, be plagued by death and destruction. Not heeding these warnings cost the lives of a third of his crew, leaving Odysseus alone to spent nine years on the island Kalypso before again attempting to continued his journey home.

Odysseus went through extreme turmoil to realize his faults and to learn to be a better person. Through a symbolic death and rebirth, he became a man worthy to be called an epic hero because he won the battles with his fellow man and triumphed the struggles with monsters. He grappled with temptation and overcome human desires and, most importantly, he prevailed in combating the evils of his own so

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