The Kingship Of Odysseus

In The Odyssey, Odysseus realises how much he truly loves his wife and country. For many years Odysseus was held captive and had an intimate relationship with the nymph Calypso. She held him there for years, "by nights he would lie beside her” yet he was not happy “all the days he would sit upon the rocks, at the seaside, breaking his heart in tears and lamentation and sorrow

For generations, heroes have always fascinated people and people have strived to achieve certain qualities of their heroes. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is considered the hero of the story. While Odysseus does demonstrate some qualities that are not heroic, he is still defined as a hero because of his better, more heroic qualities in which he is far superior in than any other man. The qualities in which define Odysseus as a hero are courage, intelligence, and leadership.

Question 1) I believe that Odysseus was a bad leader, because multiple times in the story, he puts him and his followers in bad situations. In book IV of The Odyssey, Odysseus’s curiosity takes him and his crew to Polyphemus’ cave where they end up getting trapped. This shows that Odysseus does not have much common sense, as he put him and his crew right in the palm of Polyphemus’ hand without even realizing it. Also, according to Homer in book X, Odysseus gets him and his followers in lots of trouble with Circe. While Odysseus is not so unwillingly being held captive by Circe, she changes his men into pigs. This also proves that he is not a good leader because he was only thinking of himself. Lastly, in book XII, Odysseus keeps a secret from his crew for his own benefit. Odysseus is well aware that his men will all end up dieing before they can make it home, but he chooses to not tell them. This again proves that Odysseus is a bad leader because he is being selfish. That is why Odysseus is a bad leader.

“Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves. Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals.” One of the greatest facets that any person can possess is leadership, the ability to create change for the better. Across the world, many believe Odysseus is one of the most iconic representations of what a hero should be, but the question of whether or not he was a good leader will always be open to interpretation. Every single person in the world has a unique style and strategy in order to efficiently follow through his or her plan and attain his or her set goal. Odysseus’s leadership style and strategy often raise inquiries of whether or not it was effective.

Odysseus Can be a good leader because he gets his crew out of some bad situations, To start off Odysseus got his crew out of the cyclops’s cave. “So, we seized our stake with its fiery tip and bored it round and round in the giant's eye” (9.435). This quote shows how Odysseus use a stick (more like a pole) and stuck it in the fire and when the cyclops fell asleep Odysseus took the stick and jabbed it into the giant's eye and escaped with most of his crew. Another way that Odysseus can be a good leader is that he got his crew out of Circe’s palace, even after she turned all of the crew into pigs. “Flinging open the pens, drove forth my men, who looked like full-grown swine” (10.429). This quote is showing that Circe is letting Odysseus’s crew out of the pen and releasing them, but in exchange Odysseus would have to sleep with Circe and stay

Queen Penelope cannot rule the kingdom without Odysseus. The group of elders came and told her to choose a husband since they thought Odysseus died during the Trojan war, even Odysseus wanted Telemachus to rule if he didn’t return from the Trojan war. If this were a normal woman of Greece, then she would be under the care of her father or older brother, even a family friend. But, her husband is lost at sea along with her father is most likely dead, and she has no friends. Right now, Telemachus would take care of her and the kingdom of Ithaca. Alas, he is not old enough to rule yet.

The value of family is prominent throughout the entirety of the story, even though Odysseus hadn’t seen his home in such a long time. After being away from home for many years, he comes into contact with a beautiful goddess/nymph named Calypso. She quickly falls in love with him and even offers him immortality if he stays. He declines the glorious offer due to his longing for his wife and his home. He says, “I long to reach my home and see the day of my return.

In the world so chaotic, everybody needs a strong leader to keep things smooth and going. There are different leaders needed in different situations, and the more complicated or dangerous the situation is, the stronger and smarter the leader should be. One of the great examples of a strong leadership that has been described in literature is the one of Odysseus. Odysseus is a hero in Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. Odysseus is portrayed as a smart, strong and charismatic leader.

In the Odyssey, Odysseus was a very effective leader in many ways. One example is when Odysseus protects one of his crew members after he was turned into a pig.The crew was very hungry, and was on Circe's island. Some members went off to find food, and one came back with a pig. He said that they couldn't eat this pig because it was his friend, and that Circe turned him into a pig. Odysseus showed leadership by telling his crew to wait, and to let him go and see if he is telling the truth. Odysseus He had to sacrifice himself to Circe, so she could change his men back to humans. Odysseus was brave, and strong. He climbed up the mountains, and gave himself to Circe, but the whole time was thinking about his wife, Penelope. Another example is

The traits of leadership are not evident in Odysseus during much of his journey home to Ithaca. However, during his journey, Odysseus becomes better at leading his crewmates and making choices that would hurry their journey home instead of delay it. Soon after Odysseus’s crewmates convince him to leave Circe and resume their journey home, they face an obstacle in Scylla and Charybdis. During this terrifying episode, Odysseus displays his leadership in a prominent way by taking control of the situation and saying “So now let us all agree to do exactly what I say. Oarsmen, stay at your oars, striking hard with your blades through the deep swell, in the hope that Zeus allows us to escape disaster and come out of this alive. Helmsman, your orders

Odysseus is a courageous leader because he saves his crew in combat many times. One way Odysseus shows he is a courageous leader is by proving his worth in combat. Odysseus is obviously a good fighter because he survived the Trojan War, if he had not have been a

In the Odyssey, Odysseus is an amazing leader. However, he wasn’t always a prodigious leader. He had to spend 20 years at sea and in unexplored lands. Because of his actions, he stirred up anger in Poseidon and in return, Poseidon cursed Odysseus and all that assist him. Though Odysseus is now a great leader, he wasn’t always the best he could be.

The relationship between odysseus and penelope is anchored in love and affection to one another since the couple goes through an extremely tough period of time without each

When Odysseus was with Calypso for seven years, and when she offered him immortality, he turned her down because of one thing: his love for Penelope. Even after all that time away from home- and with Calypso -Odysseus still loved Penelope, his son Telemachus, and his island Ithaca. Located in “Calypso”, on page 6, Homer writes, “‘Though you wanted her forever, that bride for whom you pine each day’… ‘Yet, it is true, each day a long for home, long for the sight of home.’” (Homer pages 6-7)

To the suitors Odysseus is a small minor thought in the back of their minds rather than a famous and powerful warrior they are robbing. This altered perception and memory of Odysseus strips him of his heroic renown as a warrior. Later on in the text Penelope, seems to have her own fading memory of Odysseus: “Since there is not now any master in the house like Odysseus- if he ever existed” (19. 345). This indicates how she feels as if she has never had a husband to begin with. In a way she is correct after all what kind of husband abandons his family for nearly two decades? It is in Penelope’s fading memory that one can see Odysseus role as husband slipping away. Finally though Odysseus father Laertes appears to also be forgetting his son’s existence: “How many years has it been since you hosted your ill-fated guest, my son- if I ever had a son?” (24. 290). Laertes, being the previous king of Ithaca, implies not only that he may never have had a son but also suggests that Ithaca may never have had a King after Laertes himself. This final fading memory serves to strip Odysseus of his third title, King of Ithaca. If those closest to Odysseus have begun to forget about him, then to the other Ithacans he may be no more than a rumor or legend. And even Odysseus seems to have given up when he first appears in the text: “His eyes were perpetually wet with tears now, his life draining