Over the course of “The Odyssey”, Homer has included numerous examples highlighting Odysseus' arrogance and selfishness, leading to hubris, the excess of pride, becoming an integral part of Odysseus’ character. Odysseus is indirectly characterized this way; in Book Nine, he repeatedly provokes a cyclops, despite just narrowly escaping his death and being in an extremely vulnerable position. As Odysseus taunts the Cyclops for the second time, “the men around [him] trying to check [him], calm [him]…
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