Odyssey Essay
Being attacked by one eyed monsters, huge storms, a giant sea dragon, and
scores of angry men were just a few of the perils Odysseus had to overcome.
He did not only overcome them, but he did so in a way that would forever be
thought of as heroic. Odysseus, the epic hero of Homer's The Odyssey
demonstrates the Greek ideal of leadership, bravery, and devotion to the
gods. Odysseus was a great leader and showed his leadership abilities many
times, times where his men were ready to give up and accept their fate. With
his motivational speeches he turned his men into dangerous fighters who
would keep on going hard until they were struck down, eaten, or thrown into
the churning seas. One example of this was during Scylla and Charybdis.
Odysseus' men were tired and didn't want to proceed, but Odysseus said:
"Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now,
then when we faced Cyclops? Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find
a way out?" (P. 708, L. 766) There are also times when all the men are afraid,
but here Odysseus shows he's in charge and speaks up when nobody wants
to: "We all felt pressure in our hearts, but I spoke up in replyÉ" (P. 689, L.
203) Odysseus gave warnings to help his fellow shipmates and tried to protect
them from the wrath of the gods: "Old shipmates, our stores are in the ship's
hold, food and drink; the cattle here are not for our provision, or we pay dearly
for it." (P. 710, L. 840) Odysseus was not only a great leader, but also a very
brave man. There were also many times when Odysseus showed how brave
he was. In this next example involving the Cyclops Odysseus shows that he is
not the type of leader that sits on safe land while he sends his men in to kill,
but a leader who enjoys nothing more than being engaged in battle with his
men. "I took my twelve best fighters and went ahead." (P. 687, L. 136)
Odysseus also had the heart of a fighter, he would do battle whenever
necessary, no matter whom his opponent was, in this case the giant Cyclops:
Throughout Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, the reader or viewer has the opportunity to see the story’s main protagonist make leadership decisions, and take actions, that range from critical to minor in terms of importance. But the fact is that Odysseus is a leader. And that is the key thing to keep in mind no matter how you experience the poem. Inevitably, when you are talking about leaders, the questions arise: is he or she good or bad? What is the metric and what is your method of evaluation? In this case, we’ll look at Odysseus’ performance through a modern leadership lens, while keeping in mind that Homeric Greek culture might have motivated him to act differently than he would have today.
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“I would not heed them in my glorying spirit, / but let my anger flare and yelled: / ‘Cyclops, / if ever mortal man inquire / how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him / Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: / Laertes’ son, whose home’s on Ithaca!’” (500-505, 769).
...ally some men were killed and how the disloyal maids had died as well. This may just be because the writing style of that time was different, but it showed a darker side to Odysseus and those that fought with him.
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...at he has to say. Honestly I think that Odysseus was is a great leader because, he tried his best to keep his crew safe, he never gave up on them; even if they were in a bad situation.
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