Jason and Odysseus have a lot in common and just as much not. One main difference that you see at first glance is the type of hero they are. Odysseus is cunning and cunning while Jason is a leader but uses the skills of his followers to achieve his means. At first glance, Jason seemed like an unlikely hero. Unlike Odysseus, who took what was supposed to be a short journey home after the Trojan War, but which became an epic journey with many obstacles and delays along the way. Jason was sent by a king on an impossible mission to remove him from the country. Both Jason's search for the golden fleece and Odysseus' journey home are entrusted to them. Jason does not feel the same need to complete his journey unlike Ulysses who wishes to return home driven by a feeling of nostos. Jason's story is more of a story of multiple heroes where the Odyssey surrounds the story of one man, a king, and his followers. Odysseus was "the thinking man's hero", one of the famous warriors of the Trojan War, it was Odysseus who recovered the slain body and armor of Achilles in the midst of heavy fighting. It was Ulysses who devised the Trojan Horse stratagem. His virtue was his mind, a supernatural type of wit and intelligence that he used to overcome the trials of his journey, such as: The Cyclopes, Circe, and how to deal with his wife's multitude of suitors. Jason is much more human with less personal devices helping him achieve his goal. Jason must rely on the talents and supernatural gifts of his peers to survive. Yet both men are very human when it comes to their flaws and both can be seen as antiheroes. Odysseus can be seen as such because he is the new form of hero, the "think before you kill" type of hero. His cr...... middle of paper...... Creon. The similarities between Odysseus and Jason are as vast as their differences, yet their major connections show their major difference. The similarity of the two previously unsung heroic types is exactly what separates them, each man a different type of the new hero who was born after brutal, muscular warriors like Achilles and Hector. Each can be seen as a hero or as a perverse designation of the warriors and heroic ideals of the past. It is their journeys that define them as heroes, Jason, although he could not have made it alone, succeeds in his efforts and Odysseus, although he has returned home alone, is ultimately the valiant lover and father. The endings show a big difference between the two characters as Odysseus is ultimately redeemed for his good qualities, Jason becomes less of a heroic figure as he discards his ever-helpful wife Medea..