reluctant hero examples Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/reluctant-hero-examples Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 The Reluctant Hero http://travelsfinders.com/the-reluctant-hero.html http://travelsfinders.com/the-reluctant-hero.html#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=244999 Odysseus was renowned for his intellect – his Homeric epithet is very cunning’ (polymetis). Thanks to his advice, King Tyndareus of Sparta made his daughter Helen’s suitors swear an oath to aid her future husband, should she ever stray – which led to the Trojan War and Odysseus’ own prolonged absence from home. As a reward, Tyndareus helped Odysseus marry his niece, Penelope, whose childhood was not without adventure. Some say that her father Icarius tried to drown her at birth by throwing her out to sea. But when she was rescued by a flock of ducks, Icarius relented and

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