Oedipus_Vs_Odysseus

Oedipus Vs Odysseus Oedipus vs. Odysseus -- -- -- A true hero, and a cursed. How can one compare two people and call them hero’s without ever thinking about all the things that they have been through. Many people, time after time have argued that these men were just simple men, doing what they needed to do, to get what they wanted. I must mention that I disagree, because these men, although maybe not having any outstanding physical or supernatural characteristics, still endured, and lived through a hard and cursed time, where they were not liked, and someone was prosecuting them. Odysseus, with Poseidon, the god of the great oceans. And Oedipus, with the people of Thebes, and his own wretched destiny. Poseidon went against Odysseus, for his arrogance and his attitude towards the gods. The people of Thebes went against Oedipus, because he killed King Laúos (his own father), and he slept with his mother (and Laúos’ wife). His destiny followed him, because he was cursed from the moment he was born. The gods never gave him a chance, and when he tried to run away from his fate, he ended up fulfilling it. Oedipus and his tragedy. Oedipus Rex was oedipus, odysseus, because, fate, own, never, gods, doesn’t, truth, people, man, life, king, home, away, although, after, through, must, men, killed, father, faced, destiny, cursed, true, troy, times, time, though, think, thebes, ten, set, rex