Theme 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.

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.

“The Odyssey” is a story about a hero’s journey home in Ancient Greece. It was written by, who is believed to be, Homer, in the 8th century B.C. Odysseus left home to a go at war at Troy, which lasted ten years. Over the course of another ten years, Odysseus struggles to find his way back home. Odysseus, and others show loyalty towards each other at different instances throughout this story. Loyalty is the strongest theme portrayed in this story.

The Odyssey In Homer’s timeless epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus of Ithaca is the hero. A hero is someone who is loyal to their country, loyal to their family, and loyal to their gods. What do you think makes a hero, his loyalty, or his determination to get home, and will Odysseus ever make it home to his family?

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

In The Odyssey, the theme of loyalty relates to Odysseus’s physical journey back to Ithaca. Many characters in the epic are loyal and faithful, like Penelope, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and even Odysseus himself. Penelope remains loyal to her husband, by not choosing a suitor during the 20 years he’s gone. “And there she [Penelope] sat down with the case on her knees and burst into sobs as she drew out her husband’s bow,” (Homer 317). Just carrying out Odysseus’s bow with such sorrow shows how in love she was with Odysseus and how the thought of choosing a new husband moved her to tears. As Penelope remained loyal to Odysseus and

Loyalty has always been seen as a commendable trait, not only in human beings but in any creature, all through history. Soldiers have admired their enemies for their loyalty to fallen comrades, thousands of stories have been written about the intense loyalty animals portray for their owners, and even companies in the workforce look for loyalty in potential employees. Loyalty has been seen as something that distinguishes the trustworthy from the untrustworthy, and something that sets the great apart from the good. The archetypal hero commonly has a cause, whether it be another person or personal beliefs, that they are loyal to, and this unwavering loyalty is what makes them appear so highly in the eyes of the reader. Loyalty can be found in practically any work of literature, but within The Torah, The Odyssey, and Inanna is the idea that true loyalty, although a rare attribute, is the key to a successful relationship.

In The Odyssey, loyalty comes into play mainly with Odysseus and Penelope. The loyalty of both characters is tested, but their responses to these tests are very different.

Penelope his wife stays loyal to him, she doesn’t marry any of the men who proposes to have her hand. Telemachus, his son, tries to fight off the suitors who invade their home and try to get with his mother. In the Odyssey, an epic poem written by Homer there’s an over view on father son relationship and the traditional behavior to one another. Although the poem is mostly about Odysseus, Homer also shows the importance of family loyalty to his readers through the actions of the wives and sons of our "heroes”. Loyalty is waiting for that love one

In The Odyssey, the hero Odysseus shows many heroic traits, the one I think is most important is loyalty.

This is one of the most sought after traits you can have. Loyalty is defined as “faithfulness to commitments” in the dictionary. Loyalty is keeping promises that you made. Not just promises you made to others but promise you made to yourself. Loyalty is not just keeping promises.

Loyalty is heroic. Loyalty is defined as faithfulness or devotion to a person, cause, obligations, or duties. In Homer's Odyssey one can see loyalty in many forms. Odysseus is loyal to the gods whom he realized held his life in their hands. Penelope was loyal to Odysseus, while trying not to offend the rude suitors. Telemachus was loyal to a father whom he only knew from the stories he had been told. Time and time again we see loyalty in the strongest sense, complete fidelity in time of uncertainty.

Loyalty: Loyalty is most apparent in Penelope's resisting of the suitors, but it is a trait essential to all the characters in Odysseus' family. For twenty years Odysseus never stops wanting to return home. Telemakhos will not send his mother back to her father and force her to choose another husband. Instead, he sets out to find news of his father. The servants Eurykleia and Eumaios are also important exemplars of loyalty. Athena's devotion to Odysseus is another.

The Odyssey By Homer takes us on an interesting adventure of the main character's journey home to his wife. On the way home he is sidetracked by a wide variety of characters. During Odysseus journey, Penelope and his son Telemachus were trying to fight off the suitors a group of men who think Odysseus is dead who are trying to marry Penelope. After 21 years of Odysseus being gone, he appears home in the form of a beggar and kills most of the suitors ending in a bloodbath.

     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.