While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.

The stories cover the end of the Trojan War, Odysseus's meeting with the Cyclops ... They'll build a wooden horse and leave it outside the gates of Troy as an offering to the goddess Athena ...

who was just a baby when the Trojan War started. Odysseus did not want to go and acted as though he were mad to avoid it: He put on a cap, pretending madness, and yoked a horse and an ox to the plow.

In short, the Trojan Horse was a Porsche or Ferrari, not a Ford. Odysseus also recruited an elite of warrior commanders (managers) to wait inside the Horse. Finally, Odysseus didn't only talk the talk ...

6. Odysseus and the Trojan Horse It seems the Trojan War will never end...until Odysseus concocts an unlikely plan. 7. Odysseus and the Cyclops On their return from Troy Odysseus and his crew put ...

Tom Holland is reportedly set to star in Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, but he is not the right actor to play ...

Akin to Tony Stark, perhaps, it was Odysseus who came up with the idea for the Trojan Horse. In the Odyssey, Odysseus recounts his adventures, starting with how he and his men raided the Cicones ...