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The Dangers Of Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

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Did you know that Odysseus from the famous poem Odyssey is very smart. Odysseus left and he is returning home after 10 years of being gone. He had faced a lot of obstacles during his return back to his home. Odysseus had 12 men on his crew, The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer. He always was in danger with his crew.
Odysseus was always un prepare for danger and he was exposed from unnecessary danger. According to the Odyssey, Odysseus was unprepared for danger. For example, he went inside of the cyclops cave without knowing that the cyclops lived their. The author shows it in the odysseus by saying “ If i could take your life i would and take your time away and hurl you down in hell! The god of earthquake could not heal you their!”

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