Odysseus's heroic qualities are like of many other hero's qualities as well. He's clever and a quick thinker and you need that in any hero so that they know how to get out of troubled situations. Heroes also need to be strong-hearted and be able to help a person whenever needed(or whenever possible).I think that Odysseus is both heroic and non-heroic becuase he uses his quick thinking to help him and his teammates and at the same time puts the teammates at risk and he somehow ends up surviving instead of them.