... both senses of the word. He is a human in the sense of being mortal and being very much aware of this fact of his mortality, but he is also human in the sense of having all the failings and weaknesses of human flesh. This folk loric appeal of Odysseus as a character more human than superhuman is summed when Odysseus is described as "the man of many times." W. B. Stanford writes that his endurance, "is the main theme, and his personal ... Odysseus must of necessity use cunning. Thus, when the Cyclops asks him the whereabouts of his ship, he describes his reaction to the question: I knew ...

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