Is Odysseus a Hero?

Troy...
             The wind drove me out of Ilium on to Ismarus,
             the Cicones' stronghold. There I sacked the city,
             killed the men but as for the wives and plunder,
             that rich haul we dragged away from this place-
             we share it round so no one, not on my account,
             would go deprived of his fair share of spoils
             (Book 9, 43-48)
             In this scene it describes him as a blood thirsty soldier. They land on Ismarus and kill the people and steal
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