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An establishment built off of murder and protected by the blood of several men is not one created by a hero. Odysseus, a man who saw no trouble in violence, murder, or war, is not remembered as such a title, but rather as a murderer.
A person's life is something you can never take from them for any reason, no matter how bad the crime they committed. In this case, the crime was theft. Physical personal possessions can never amount to the value of an individual's life. His justification merely implied that the act of eliminating someone from the world was morally just in the situation that the person stole something of value that personally belonged to another individualland, however, is not a possession that can be claimed by an individual man or woman, or even an establishment of maximum authority. Land exists for the use of all human beings and to deny someone of a place on earth is not heroic, but wrong.
Further justification in which he offered fell short as well. The numerous men he had killed were supposedly looking to "steal" his wife along with the physical goods they had taken. Odysseus implied this as if his wife was a possession that could be taken from him, which is far less valid than his previous arguments. A woman is not something you can steal from a manshe is someone who belongs to no one but herself. Furthermore, any significant other, no matter their gender, cannot be "taken" from their partner in a way that justifies taking someone's life.
In short, he protected nothing but his own authority. The general existence of authority relies on violence itself, and his story depicts a key example of this theory. Mortal beings adhere to figures of authority in fear of death--a thing so controversial, no living being can conclude the meaning of. Immortal or not, all beings fear some version of pain, physical or emotional, and this is exactly how Odysseus held his status; murder and torture. And the method by which his status was held defines the status itselfmurderer. Had his actions been heroic, he would be remembered much differently. -
*man-- she
*itself-- murderer
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Damn b---- like every time I see a thread with a face I f---ing know its you nigga.
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O-o K? XD
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tl;dr basically Odyessus = bad -
A hero back then, and a hero now are defined differently. An Ancient Greek hero is someone who's brave, strong, cunning, intelligent, and they respect the gods. And that's what Odyesseus was, but at first he didn't respect the gods, and then he learned to, which makes him a hero. He wasn't just going around willy-nilly, killing people left and right. Also, who did he torture?
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Ah, ignorance of ancient culture. Got it.
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