Odysseus is extremely well known for his intellectual qualities. He was one of the greatest strategic thinkers of his time. Odysseus was a Greek warrior that lived during the time of the famous Trojan War. He was a prominent Greek warrior and kind of Ithaca, son of Laertes and Anticleia. However, it is also said that Odysseus is the son of Sisyphus. Well known for persuasion, strategic thinking, cunning, intellect and trickery. There are numerous stories where Odysseus displays his ability to think strategically. Many of these stories can be found in books such as The Iliad, The Odyssey and The Aeneid. These are but the major books that such stories of Odysseus’ ability can be found in; however, they are not the only transcripts. The first story that I will cover and probably the most well-known is the story of the Trojan horse. After the nine years of war between the Trojans and the Greeks a victory was still not clear for either side. Odysseus gets a brilliant idea; the Greeks will construct a giant wooden horse, load up on their boats and pretend to sail away. However, they would leave a group of Greeks inside the horse in order to open the gates of Troy for the rest of …show more content…
Instead of continuing with a war that seemed endless Odysseus crafted an idea that would win them the war in one night and save many Greeks. The crafting of the Trojan horse is only something that a strongly intellectual person could devise. The plan had to do a number of things. It had to fool the Trojans into thinking that the Greeks really gave up, it had to be big enough to appear to be an offering to the Greek gods and it also had to hold enough Greeks to both defend themselves in the city and reach the gate to open it. Also, the Greeks had to be close enough to return to Troy quick enough to reach the gates when they opened them. This story shows just how great of a strategic thinker Odysseus