Odysseus approaches death calmly throughout The Odyssey, not once worrying about himself …show more content…
Approaching death is not an easy subject, and yet he does it casually, albeit changed from his original take on the gruesome topic. He is not stoic and unemotional, but rather unaffected by the deaths of his men, his family, and the chance that he may die as well. No visible emotions from him occur during the vast majority of the epic, and in the last 5-6 books, he expresses the majority of his emotion, from bloodlust to an unassuming state, to sadness and pity. Not once does it mention him mourning the death of one of his men, the loss of Penelope to a new suitor, or missing his son’s childhood years. The actions are atypical to American culture, as well as to Archaic Greek culture as it is understood