Odysseus - Mightiest King, Mightiest Beggar

"The two men squared off-
...with a hook below the ear, pounding Irus's neck,
smashing the bones inside-
suddenly red blood
came spurting out of his mouth, and headlong down
he pitched in the dust, howling, teeth locked in a grin,
feet beating on the ground...
'Now hold your post - play the scarecrow to all the pigs and dogs!
But no more lording it over strangers, no more playing
the beggar-king for you, you loathsome fool,
or you'll bring down something worse around your neck!'
He threw his beggar's sack across his shoulders -
torn and tattered ...
then back he went to the sill and took his seat."
Book 18, lines 108-127, The Odyssey

Again and again, Odysseus proves himself as a man beyond average men, a hero of strength no matter what his outer appearances may mislead. Here, he takes down another beggar (aka, "one of his kind"), as unexpected by taunting witnesses. Throughout the end of the epic, he continues to affirm and demonstrate outstanding greatness, whether through skill, cunning, or physique, Odysseus has the whole package of a hero.