The Odyssey The main character of Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus, is a cunning man. The Odyssey is a tale of Odysseus' long and trying journey home after fighting in the Trojan War. On his way home, he upsets Poseidon, god of the sea, by blinding Poseidon's son. In retaliation, Poseidon strives to make Odysseus' sail home to his kingdom as hard as it can be. During this odyssey, Odysseus' encounters many enemies and must use his …showed first 75 words of 601 total…

…showed last 75 words of 601 total…one or two to know the revelations that lovely Circe made to me alone. I'll tell you all, so we can die with our eyes wide open now or escape our fate and certain death together...' " (Pg. 276) The hope of eventually reaching his kingdom and his family was one of the things that allowed Odysseus to get home, but without his cunning, Odysseus never would have made it back to his kingdom of Ithaca.