Question--Was Odysseus heroic when dealing with the Cyclops?
I think that Odysseus was both heroic and cowardly in different ways. It was heroic to have to courage to save the friends he had left with him. At the same time, he purposefully got the Cyclops drunk and waited until it was asleep to attack him. That is not a very fair fight but that is also Odysseus just being wily. Would a hero in other stories face the Cyclops head on? Not hide under the sheep to escape? Maybe. But Odysseus did show a lot of bravery and courage, as well as giving his crew hope. His actions could be interpreted either as heroic or cowardly, personally I think it is a mix of both.
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