Odysseus is a Greek king of Ithaca in Greek mythology and a stud of Homer's epic poems. Little about him king of Ithaca, husband of Penelope, father Telemachus, children Laertes and Anticlea. He is very cunning and resourceful and is known by the epithet Ulysses the Cunning. However, one theme that everyone recognizes in Odysseus is cunning over strength. Ulysses is very intelligent; he is a man of “twists and turns…” The Greek term for his intelligence is polytropos. In many of Homer's stories the characters focus more on one than on the other. However, Ulysses does not at all lack the physical strength of his mind to face danger with courage. Odysseus analyzes cunning over strength as he defeats the Cyclopes and makes his journey home to Ithaca. The Cyclops is a giant killer. He lives in a cave near a beautiful island called Phaeaci which is home to goats. The Cyclopes, being ferocious and lawless, lived in hollow caves high in the mountains. Odysseus implies: “And what a formidable monster he was! It was quite unlike any man who eats bread, more like a wooded peak among the high hills, looming ...