Examples Of Loyalty In The Odyssey

There are many different themes for The Odyssey. The Odyssey is an ancient greek story about a brave man named Ulysses who goes to war but apparently has trouble making it back home. Ulysses meets Athena, a goddess, who helps him throughout his journey home. When Ulysses finally gets back home he meets his son, Telemachus, and they attack the suitors for being rude for many years.That loyalty will pay off is the most important theme in this story.

In Homer’s, The Odyssey, there are many important themes throughout the course of this epic poem; an example being loyalty is the strongest suit in a time of uncertainty. In The Odyssey, an example of loyalty is shown through the use of characters and their devotion to the protagonist, Ulysses. The story follows Ulysses and his obstacles while he attempts his journey back home to Ithaca. Ten years have passed since the end of the Trojan war, and Ulysses and his men have encountered situations which have delayed their travel back to Ithaca. From a man-eating cyclops to a witch who turned his crew into swine, Ulysses’ hardships did not change his faithfulness to his family and people back home. The lesson that the audience should learn based

Loyalty is a trait that can help guide you through many difficult situations. It is a quality that the Ancient Greeks were shown to value through their epics. Odysseus, hero of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, is a character that reveals several values of Ancient Greek culture through his qualities of honesty, devotion, and support. One of the most prominent values portrayed throughout the story is loyalty.

Loyalty is a theme that represented all throughout Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. To be loyal means to be committed to a person, group, or country. In this composition, there are a select few of loyal people. Penelope making the shroud, Eumaeus being loyal to Odysseus, and Athena assisting to the success of Odysseus’s journey are all examples of loyalty. Penelope, Eumaeus, and Athena are all characters that show why loyalty is important in any relationship.

Just imagine you get classmates, teammates, and co workers out of trouble or bad situations constantly, but they show you any loyalty. In the book The Odyssey By Homer, the main character Odysseus runs into conflicts with his crew when they are at Troy fighting and when they are trying to come home back to Ithaca. His crew has many reasons to be loyal to him but sometimes they aren't and don’t respect Odysseys. Odysseus deserves loyalty from his crew because he gets his men out of tough situations, he won the war in troy, and he got he min from pigs back to humans.

Loyalty is easily one of the most obvious themes in the Odyssey. Several of the characters have varying levels of loyalty. This loyalty may be weak, strong, or even nonexistent. Some of the most loyal characters appeared when Odysseus returned back home, because most of them didn’t even know if he were still alive, yet they held out faith for his return. Odysseus’ family is particularly loyal, but they aren’t the only loyal ones when he returns home.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place. Or should I say stuck between Charybdis and Scylla. Without loyalty to his crew his crew might learn to not trust their leader and not work with him to achieve his goals. As readers can see in The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, the necessity of loyalty diminishes if the sender or receiver isn’t deserving of this necessary trait. Throughout the poem, Odysseus treats his crew progressively worse and worse on his 10 year trip to reach his home, Ithaca. This diminishes his crew's loyalty to him. However, unaccepting of his consequences Odysseus pushes his crew until the end. Although Odysseus may appear loyal to his crew at times because of what Odysseus does, his actions prove that his is

The Odyssey by Homer shows many inspiring traits from ancient Greek culture. Throughout this Epic Poem, withstanding loyalty is the truest act of strength and bravery. Loyalty is revealed in the odyssey firstly when Hermes witnesses Odysseus staring out at the sea, depressed because he misses his family. Even though the island Odysseus is on is filled with wonder, he is loyal to his family. Next loyalty is shown through Odysseus when he rushes to save his men from Circe’s influence. Even though he could have listened to Eurylochus who tells him they should leave. Loyalty is then shown when Odysseus risks putting himself through more danger, by going back to Circe’s island to bury his fallen team member, Elpenor. Another example of loyalty is exposed through Odysseus’ dog, Argos, when Odysseus comes home from his long journey and sees his beloved dog uncared for and weak. Argos shows love for Odysseus and dies soon after he sees his master. IAs though Argos was waiting for Odysseus’ return. Lastly loyalty is displayed as Penelope is grieving her husband, even after twenty years.

“A person who deserves my loyalty receives it (Joyce Maynard)” Loyalty is the building block to success and finding long lasting relationships. Many great examples of loyalty come from the Odyssey. Throughout the Odyssey, there are many people who show loyalty to Odysseus including,but no limited to: Penelope, Athena and also Odysseus’ dog Argos.

Intro: There are a wide variety of themes present throughout the Odyssey, written by Homer. Be it hospitality, perseverance, vengeance or power of the Gods, loyalty is truly the theme that brings the whole book together. Being 10 years after the Trojan War, many have forgotten about Odysseus and his men as they constantly brave what the gods throw their way. This essay will be talking about Odysseus and Penelope’s mutual loyalty to one another, the loyal relationships between Gods and men and finally, the loyalty Odysseus’ men show for him until death. This essay with prove to us that without loyalty, Odysseus’ legendary journey would have been put to an end near where they started. The general theme of loyalty is what kept Odysseus

The Odyssey - by Homer presents a variety of themes but loyalty is the main theme that sums up all these books together. According to Homer in these books, loyalty is the commitment made from a person to the other and yearning desire of their return and victory. He illustrates it by Odysseus being loyal to his men,his men being loyal to him, and Odysseus being loyal to his wife Penelope and Ithaca. Odysseus wife Penelope and his son Telemachus show a lot of loyalty to Odysseus as well as many other characters even the gods in this poem.If it wasn’t for the loyalty of his men during the journey home, Odysseus journey would be near impossible.It was loyalty of his men,wife and son that gave Odysseus motivation and kept him insistent on his journey home.

Loyalty is defined in Webster’s dictionary as unswerving allegiance, faithfulness. With this definition it can be expressed that loyalty plays a big role in Homer’s epic ‘the Odyssey’. Homer has presented three main characters that have shown loyalty to Odysseus. Penelope, the faithful wife, Telemachus, the son who has never met his father and lastly Eumaeus, the servant who has remained loyal to his master even when he was gone.

     Odysseus shows loyalty like Telemakhos and Penelope to the gods and his family. Odysseus is a man that can be described as tenacious. He is always focused on one objective and that is to get home. He is persistent and overcomes any temptation that gets in his way. An example of this is when he is with the beautiful nymph Kalypso. She offers him immortality to stay with her and leave his thoughts for home but he gave it all up for his family and home. He never gave up hope and continued to trudge his way back home. He also shows loyalty to the god by not cursing them for all the harmful events that occur during his journey home.

Throughout the Odyssey Odysseus faces an internal battle between loyalty and betrayal in the presence of numerous temptations. Odysseus’s first situation was with Kalypso. Although Odysseus does cheat on Penelope with Kalypso, he still remains loyal, and his love for her hardly wanes. Kalypso

“The Odyssey” is read as a moral story. Odysseus learned lessons and faces many obstacles that challenge his faith and loyalty. He was able to survive because he learned he needed to listen to the Gods and Goddesses. An example of Odysseus being loyal to his wife and crew was when he heard the Sirens. In book 12, line 192, it states, “So they spoke, sending forth their beautiful voice, and my heart was fain to listen, and I bade my comrades loose me, nodding to them with my brows; but they fell to their oars and rowed on. And presently Perimedes and Eurylochus arose and bound me with yet more bonds and drew them tighter. But when they had rowed past the Sirens, and we could no more hear their voice or their song, then straightway my trusty comrades took away the wax with which I had anointed their ears and loosed me from my bonds.” He warned his men, told them to put wax in their ears, and tied himself to his ship. This shows how he was loyal and faithful for not being tempted by the Sirens.