"The gods have tried me in a thousand ways. But first my name: let that be known to you, and if I pull away from pitiless death, friendship bind us, though my land lies far.I am Laetres' son, Odysseus"Homer 1110
Unmatched warrior
"Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war: this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim." (Homer 1110)
Battles Supernatural forces
"Nine days I drifted on the teeming sea before dangerous high winds. Upon the tenth we came to the coastline of the Lotus eaters, who live upon that flower."Homer 1112
"Now I chopped out a six foot section of this pole and set it down before my men, who scraped it; and when they had it smooth, I hewed it again to make a stake with pointed end."Homer 1117
"straight forward they sprinted, lifted it, and rammed it deep in his crater eye, I leaned on it turning it as a shipwright turns a drill in planking, having men below to swing the two-handeled strap that spins it in the groove."Homer 1118-1119