Question

What is the Greek literary concept of "hubris?" How do the heroes in the Iliad & Odyssey represent the flaws present in human beings?

Answer 1

"Hubris" means "Truth" or "Honesty" in Latin. The heroes in the Iliad and the Odyssey lied to other characters in the legends.

Step-by-step explanation:

One example is that in the Odyssey, Odysseus lied to trick Polyphemus, (the cyclops on the island) by saying, when asked who he was, he said he was Nobody, and otherwise tricked him to stab him in the eye with the branch.