Provide examples from The Odyssey to support why you think Odysseus is or is not a great hero.

My students
said NO WAY!

Yes, they found him wily and clever, but they did not find him
admirable at all.

Here are a few reasons:

When Odysseus is
"stuck between Charybdis and Scylla," he chooses NOT to tell his men about the
impending danger because he knew they would become panicked and would put the entire crew and
the ship in danger; instead, he said nothing, hid himself below, and allowed 6 men to be
eaten!

They also did not like the fact that he was so "unhappy"
with Calypso...yeah right.  The laughed at the fact that throughout that portion of the poem he
claims he does not love her but...