What is a strong thesis statement for how the world of the Odyssey of Homer looks at masculinity by portraying Odysseus?

A thesis statement
should make a claim, stating an opinion that you can support with plenty of evidence from the
text. If we can assume, as I think we can, that Odysseus represents the ideal of masculinityor
something very, very close to that idealthen we can likewise assume that his qualities are those
which are associated with masculinity in the Homeric world. Therefore, masculinity is associated
with bravery (Odysseus undertakes a journey to the underworld in order to get help from the
blind prophet, Teiresias); masculinity is associated with pride (Odysseus feels that he must
make his identity known to Polyphemus, the Cyclops, after Odysseus successfully bests the
monster); masculinity is associated with daring (Odysseus is the only person to have heard the
song of the sirens after he had his men lash him to the ship's mast so that he could not jump
overboard); masculinity is even associated with ruthlessness (Odysseus brutally kills the
suitors as well as all the maids who consorted with them). Thus, you could write a thesis in
which you claim that the ancient Greek world valued all of these qualities in men, that they
make up what it meant to be masculine.