In the book of the Odyssey, Homer portrays the Greek hero who will be the most humane of all those appearing in classical
mythology. Since its main objective through their skills and virtues, we can see that it is close to man as it is not as Hercules or Achilles heroes whose main virtue is the strength afforded by its divine blood. Nor is like Jason or Agamemnon, always in search of incredible treasures as the Fleece or great battles in the distant Ilión. Ulysses is a man with a humble goal, since only a traveler yearning to return home along with his wife and son. It is a character whose main feature is the cunning and intelligence, which faces the gods. This is illustrated by the ingenuity of the Cyclops episode in which thanks to his cunning escape succeeds infausto fate that awaits him and his companions at the hands of the monstrous and cruel Polyphemus. With women is prudent and Alagoas with Calypso or Nausicaä, either to achieve the favor of one, as the help of the other. It is a character with faith in the gods and tends to these prayers for their help and get their blessings especially that of the goddess Athena. Despite being a hero shows defects that lead to problematic situations, as his vanity to his real name Rebel Polyphemus, Poseidon''s son, Rebel thereby getting the identity of those who were injured when Cyclops and thus triggering anger his father. It is also important to note the curiosity of Ulysses that led him to be caught by the cruel Polyphemus alongside their peers. In short, Ulysses is a hero to both his virtues as defects is in a position closest to the people and causing the reader or listener can identify with him to be more human.
The central theme of The Odyssey narrates the adventures of Odysseus or Hero Itacense called Ulysses by the Romans, and his journey to arrive at the coast of ITAC their homeland. In the play besides the main argument appear subtramas or a series of arguments among which parallels the search for Telemachus, through the various realms in search of his father. Other highlights of these stories in the text because they were outside the main argument narrate legends and folk known throughout Greek society. Among these legends that Homer introduces his work in highlighting the love of Ares and Aphrodite, famous legend about the infidelity of Aphrodite with her husband''s brother Hephaestus sung in the history aedo blinded by the court of King alcinous, in honor of Ulysses. It also stresses the rhapsody XI call evocation of the dead that appear in virtually all women with some connection some hero of classical mythology, including Leda, mother of Castor and Pollux, Ifimedia mother Efialtes and Oto, Ariane lover the infamous Theseus, Alcmene''s mother powerful Hercules, among others. All these legends collected by Homer in the Odyssey were designed to collect a number of popular legends using as a basis a history major, in this case the Odyssey