Another reason that Odysseus is considered a hero is that was he was celebrated in different ways. He was a special hero for people. In Latin language they call him Ulysses. He is well known as an eloquent speaker.Odysseus was the great-grandson of the Olympian god Hermes. Odysseus has a father name Laertes and mother was Anticlea. He also had a son named Telemachus.
During the Trojan War Odysseus hid himself in the Trojan Horse. One of his men would bring the enemy the Trojan Horse as a present. If the enemy agrees to the present then it would be the best time for Odysseus and his men to ambush them from the inside. He had been gone for twenty years during the Trojan War.