Odysseus: A Bad Leader?

Odysseus’s arrogance is shown throughout the poem, but it is clearly shown during his time with a cyclops named Polyphemus. When Odysseus and his men enter a dangerous cave because of their leader’s foolish curiosity and meets Polyphemus, Odysseus says “It was our luck to come here; here we stand,/ beholden for your help, or any gifts/ you give-as custom is to honor strangers,” (256-268). Here Odysseus is practically demanding that the cyclops treat him and his men with courtesy just because he is a guest. His arrogance and pride makes them stay with the dangerous cyclops even though they had a perfect chance for escaping from cyclops at the very beginning before the conversation even started. If only they quickly left with some cheese or nothing at all, Odysseus wouldn’t have lost so many men. Because of Odysseus’s arrogance, six of his men were eaten by the cyclops. Another example when Odysseus arrogance is shown was just

Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus has shown various qualities of a weak leader. For one, Odysseus taunts Polyphemus unnecessarily. This leads him and his men being “cursed” to never return home or to kill all of Odysseus’s men. This shows Odysseus is a bad leader because he is excessively prideful and egotistical. He often lets those traits make decisions for him, and this causes poor fortune for him and his men. Another example of Odysseus being a bad leader is when he accepts the fate of his men instead of trying to find a loophole that would save them. Along with his crew’s fate, his decision to listen to the sirens was also a foolish decision. There could have been a lot of time saved if his men were not preoccupied with keeping Odysseus

In the Odyssey, Odysseus is quite the legend known to people, whether you are high up in the sky with Zeus, or deep in the ocean with Poseidon, everyone knows Odysseus. In the epic poem, the Odyssey told by the one and only Homer, the brave, the godlike human, Odysseus is finding his way home after the big battle victory against the Trojans. This story is about his travels home and how he got caught up in other business. Let’s just say he stabbed Poseidon’s son, had his crew turned into pigs, faced a six-headed monster and whirlpool, and that is to say the least. He may as well be on America’s most wanted list with all the trouble he was causing. Even though Odysseus is a troublemaker, he has multiple great characteristics of a leader. Odysseus, when it comes to his crew and family, is confident, compassionate, wise, and always knows a way to get out of any problem.

In the “Odyssey”, Odysseus goes through obstacles throughout the book that a normal man couldn’t subside. One example is in book 9, his main obstacle that he is trying to face is to escape from being held hostage in a cave by a Cyclops better known as Polyphemus. Odysseus is a archetypal hero, he is also a role model, with an ambition to get to his homeland Ithaca. He goes through resisting temptation and using his intellect and physical strength to get him there, no matter the obstacle nor the negative flaws that he faces. Odysseus put himself and his men in that situation by being curious and wanting to know what kind of land his ship and the winds led him to. This was selfish of him because it cost him some of his men, but a leader and hero has to play that role and some lives will be dealt with on the way. Odysseus says, “The rest of you will stay here while I go with my ship and crew on reconnaissance. I want to find out what those men are like, Wild savages with no sense of right or wrong Or hospitable folk who fear the gods” (Homer 429). Saying this quote alone makes Odysseus a humble man due to the fact that not even a piece of land is going to slow him down on his journey back home.

The epic poem The Odyssey by the ancient Greek writer Homer takes us deep into the life of a man called Odysseus. As the reader gets to know Odysseus many sides of his character are exposed through the challenges he faces. Though he and his crew face danger and obstacles every step of the way Odysseus’s character hardly changes. The entire book Odysseus longs to see his wife but he is a good man and a courageous leader.

In the epic The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus should not be considered a good leader because he is giving false hope to his crew and treats his crew very poorly by letting them die for his mistakes. A good leader should do what is necessary in order to achieve their goal and must be considerate of their crew, by respecting them and notifying them about any changes in their plans. It is the leader’s duty to let the crew decide what to do in tough situations and consider their opinions on entering risky scenarios.

After arriving in the land of the lotus eaters, Odysseus reveals his arrogance to both his crew and Polyphemus. As Odysseus shouted to Polyphemus, “I am Odysseus, son of Laertes, known to the world for every kind of craft - my fame has reached the skies” (212) instead, of showing his crew he is a magnificent leader he shows to be a horrible one. Odysseus

Odysseus was an effective leader for many reasons. one example was when Odyssey use his mind to get his men’s out of hades. one example was when he help his mans get to safety. he was an Effective leaders and in this part of the story,Odysseus men were scared of of the Hades, and they did not think Odysseus would make it back,so he told them not to worry, i will make it back and he tells them to leave if he doesn’t make it back to the ship. another example was when Odysseus and his men were stock in cave with the one eye monster.

Odysseus from the Odyssey by Homer is a bad leader. He always makes bad decisions. When he was escaping from the giant's cave he stopped and yelled at Polyphemus, who then threw a huge rock at the boat almost hitting it. They could have just left and not said anything allowing them to get away quicker. Odysseus could have just hunted in the open away from the cave or fished away from the island instead of risking the men's lives that went with him on to the island.

Odysseus demonstrates mean a good leader by being very clever shown in the following quotes. “In the leas Odysseus hit himself well over him Athena showered him with sleep. “ this is important because this shows that Athena cares for Odysseus so that means she will be looking out for him.

By putting his men in constant danger, resulting in all of his men dying, Odysseus demonstrates the hallmark of a dreadful leader. In the episode The Cyclops, Odysseus leads his men into the cave of polyphemus looking for a fight, because polyphemus is the child of Poseidon. In the process of looking for a fight he loses quite a few men to the Cyclops, and after escaping continues to egg polyphemus on by yelling in triumph at the Cyclops. Which almost leads to the crews demise. After the Cyclops defeat Odysseus boasts, “‘ O Cyclops!

Odysseus’ inflated ego contributes to his bad character because his ego causes Odysseus to act arrogantly to those around him and presumptuously when interacting with

In this passage, Odysseus is arrogant because he blames everything on his crew. He is very self-centered and very obnoxious to his men. Odysseus doesn’t know his own faults while he recognizes other people’s flaws and Odysseus reacts harshly to his crew member’s flaws. Odysseus blames his own crew because he never wants to take responsibility showing arrogance and lack of leadership skills. This is not an acceptable behavior because Odysseus and his crew members have to be on the same page while on the journey. Odysseus displays huge amounts of arrogance during his journey, resulting in his journey to be delayed and inconvenient.

Odysseus is very rude with his action. he always thinks he knows everything. Odysseus behavior wasn't really that nice when the wooers took over his house. It seemed as if Odysseus wanted revenge for the wooers. “ Now that goodly Odysseus hath wreaked vengeance on the wooers, let them make a firm covenant together with sacrifice, and let him be king all his days, and let us bring about oblivion of the

Firstly Odysseus is seen as arrogant when his men try to stop Odysseus from yelling at Polyphemus after escaping. He will not listen to them. Instead he “[lets] [his] anger flare and yell[s]… (283). This conflict shows a lot about Odysseus and how he is