Odysseus displays many attributes of an epic hero; the most prominent of these traits is his cleverness. For example, when the Greeks were looking for a way to end the Trojan war, Odysseus came up with a brilliant idea, " His plan was to leave a single Greek behind in the deserted camp, primed with a tale calculated to make the Trojans draw the horse into the city-and without investigating it. Then, when night was darkest, …showed first 75 words of 289 total…

…showed last 75 words of 289 total…My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbdy" (Hamilton 5.) Odysseus knows that if the Cyclopes knows their names that he will alert the other Cyclopes. So he uses his brain and thinks of a reasonable name that will trick him, thus creating a way for the men to escape the dangerous cave alive. As any clever person is, Odysseus uses all of his resources to get the most desirable result possible.