mpleted the task which needed to be done he then shot and killed Antinous. The other suitors, shocked that Odysseus shot Antinous, declared that he would die for that. Odysseus then told all the suitors who he really was and told them that because they were all dishonorable and insulted him he would kill them. He upheld the beliefs of his society by killing the suitors, as Penelope couldn’t kick them out of their home and if he just said who he was, he would have been killed by the suitors. He also killed Antinous for attacking him while he was a beggar, which displeased the gods very much, because he was begging to have food. He also upholds the beliefs of his time by remaining faithful to Penelope although he did sleep with someone else, but he was tricked into doing that. Odysseus also invite problems when he was on the Cyclopes island he sought to trick Polyphemus into letting him go while he was captured and in-fact blinded Polyphemus to escape he then told him his true name which brought on the wrath of Poseidon. He also left his idiot soldiers alone while he prayed which was inviting problems because they then slaughtered the best livestock of Helios for sacrifice and food even though Odysseus told them not to harm the bulls. He was also cocky to Polyphemus after he blinded him, which angered Poseidon even more.Odysseus was also smart by telling Polyphemus that his name was Nohbdy (pronounced nobody). He escaped death from the cyclopes by the cleverness of the name, which then allowed Odysseus to escapes from the island with relatively low casualties. Another instance where Odysseus showed his intellect is when he was traveling through the pass with Scylla and Charybdis. He showed his intellect in that he chose to go near Scylla instead of Charybdis. By traveling near Scylla he risked only a few lives and lost only six men, whereas if he had chosen to go by Charybdis he would have risked all and lost most of his crews lives...
