![]() ![]() For a man favored by Athena for his cunning and metis, he made some reckless choices, causing many readers to wonder if his true intentions were to be remembered as a hero rather than get back to Ithaca. In many cases, Odysseus’s ego was the cause of this cycle of violence, such as when he angered a Cyclops and ate the cows of Helios. After ten years of fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus’s priority (and the entire plot of the book) was getting back to his wife, yet his trip back home turned into a voyage of endless battles resembling the war Odysseus had just left behind. Arguably one of the most famous poems centered around a homecoming, Homer’s The Odyssey tells the story of literature’s most famous veteran, Odysseus, and his journey home. ![]()
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