Odysseus and Achilles In Homer's epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey", Achilles and Odysseus are two characters that greatly encompass the human nature idealized by ancient Greeks. ... By revealing his name to the Kyklops, and "letting [his] anger flare," Odysseus receives a doom from Poseidon that causes him many years at sea. ...

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