...characteristics to be a good leader. Odysseus is not a good leader seeing that he has created many problems with the Greek gods. Towards the beginning of the poem, Odysseus has just defeated the trojans and plundered the city of Troy. As any person, you would be pretty happy, but Odysseus thinks that he's more than just a man. Odysseus calls to Muse, the goddess of poetry to boast about the plundering of Troy as well as the stealing from the gods. “Sing to me, Muse and through me tell a story… destroyed them all children and fools, they killed and feasted on the cattle of Lord Helios” (Homer 1, 11-13). Early in the film, Odysseus tells Poseidon that he himself only defeated Troy without...
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...The strong and powerful leader, Odysseus, was he really a good leader to his crew? Or did he ultimately lead to all his men's fait of death? Along Odysseus and the crews journey back home to Ithaca, their was many obstacles put fourth ahead of them. But these obstacles would have not been put in place if Odysseus would have not made Poseidon mad in the first place. Due to Odysseus's conflict the crew had to suffer and pay the consequences, because he only cared about himself, and when It came to times where the crew needed his help, he choose to not help them so that he could move farther along. With this being said Odysseus was not a strong leader and ultimately contributed to the destruction of his own men. For example, in the story Charybdis/sirens, Odysseus chose to face Charybdis and sacrifice six of his best men, while being taken away by Charybdis they shouted out to Odysseus for his help, but he did nothing, he did not even make an attempt to help them. He just moved along with the journey. A good leader would have at least tried to help save his crew members from being taken away to their death but he did not. In another part of the story called Island of Aeolia, Odysseus receives help from a god and is gifted with a bag of wind which would lead them back to...
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...and king named Odysseus and his journey home from the Trojan War and it reveals how even great leaders have their flaws. Odysseus is faced with many trials throughout his journey home to Ithaca. Although he is said to be a perfect leader, we later see that his flaws are what cause these challenges and ultimately gets in his way to get home. Odysseus is a person who likes adventure and likes to experience things first-hand, because of this he is an imperfect leader. Odysseus has his qualities, he’s a brilliant strategist and has shown that by being the one who came up with the idea to use the Trojan Horse to end the ten-year-long war. When coming back from the war, one of his first trials is against a cyclops named Polyphemus. He and his men get captured by the Cyclops and get trapped in a cave where it is blocked by a huge boulder. When Polyphemus asks for Odysseus’ name, Odysseus says “‘Nobody - that’s my name. Nobody - so my mother and father call me, all my friends,’” (223). This is a good idea not to tell they cyclops his name, it shows he's quick to think of a good plan because of him being on the spot when faced with the question. The reason why he says his name is “Nobody” is so when Odysseus attacks the Cyclops. NOBODY is attacking Polyphemus. It’s a clever trick and it would have worked if Odysseus hadn’t revealed later that “‘say Odysseus, raider of cities, he gouged out your eye, Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca!’” (227). This was Odysseus’ biggest mistake...
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...including making our first national bank, similar to how Odysseus always tried to do what was right for his men. Also like Odysseus, Alexander Hamilton was stubborn, blinded by some of his ideals, and at times could act like an overly emotional teenager. Centuries before Alexander Hamilton, the man who wrote like he was running out of time, was even born, Homer wrote The Odyssey, which presented the heroic Odysseus. Odysseus, like Hamilton, exhibited multiple traits that made him a famous leader. Odysseus is a good leader because of...
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...Leadership is not something to be taken lightly. In the book the Odyssey, Odysseus leads his men through many journeys on his way back home to Ithaca. Odysseus has the responsibility of taking care of the lives of his whole crew. In today's world, a leader may just be the coach of the local high school basketball team or the manager of the McDonald’s just down the road. These two occupations have nothing in common with what Odysseus is faced with in his endeavor, except for one thing. All three of these leaders want success for themselves and the people that they are trying to lead. Odysseus fails at leading his men to success because he allows for all of his men to die during his journey back to Ithaca. Odysseus is an unfit leader because he does not possess the trust of his crew and the openness to communicate with them....
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...Rowing through rough seas, trying to keep all of his 12 ships alive, Odysseus, King of Ithaca, headed home from the long war with Troy. Odysseus, now considered a war hero, had the task of getting himself and all of his men back safe to Ithaca. The only problem was that he faced many difficult challenges along the way. A cyclopes, giants, and a beautiful sorceress were some examples of these. Although Odysseus had some shining moments, he also made some bad ones. Odysseus was strategic in navigating obstacles, however, his arrogance clouded his judgement, leading to his crew’s demise. Odysseus had many great strategies while navigating back home to Ithaca. His arguably best strategy was praying to Athena early in his journey. When Odysseus...
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...Odyssey, Odysseus goes on a 10 year quest to get back to his wife, Penelope, and his son Telemachus. On this quest he has to battle sirens who sing men to their death, cyclops who eat people, circe, who turns men into animals and most importantly has to sail on the ocean, which the only god that hates Odysseus, Poseidon. Odysseus had to conquer monsters in order to get back to his wife and his son. Therefore this is why I think that in the book The Odyssey, the main character Odysseus was a good hero. One reason why I think that Odysseus was a great hero was because he tried to save everyone he could. “ Odysseus urges his exhausted crew by Thrinacia, the island of the sun god, Helios. But the men insist on landing. Odysseus makes them swear not to touch the god’s cattle”(Homer 922). This shows that he is a good leader because he warns them so that they won’t die so they want to go back to...
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...Amazing leaders are easy to spot. According to Forbes.com, they are confident, creative, inspiring, and have the ability to delegate, good communication, a commitment, a positive attitude, and intuition. However, that is not the entire story. A leader also must care for those they are leading, they must be trusted to put the goal and the group above themselves. In other words they must be humble and not arrogant. Something the main character from Homer’s Odyssey is not. The Odyssey is the story of a man named Odysseus who is returning back home to his wife and son from a 10 year war. On his way home he must face many difficult trials including monsters and gods. Odysseus may have been a great hero, but he was not a great leader because...
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...Does Odysseus Deserve the Award of Leadership? Kayleha L. Endress Peterson Frank H. Odysseus is supposing to be getting an award for being the best leader but, he doesn’t deserve one. Why? Well because one Odysseus is greedy, two he put his teammates/crew in danger instead of keeping them safe, and lastly, he lacks communication. Odysseus does not need this award whatsoever and I'll prove to you why. First of all, Odysseus does not deserve the award of leadership because he is greedy. The reason why I say this is because when Odysseus went to the land of the cyclops his men told him to take the cheese, and whatever was in the pens and make a run for it. But instead Odysseus refused to listen because he just wanted to see what the cyclops had to offer. In the book, "The Odyssey", it states "Ah, how sound that was! Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer..." I used this evidence because you see that Odysseus did not care for the dangers that he was about to put his crew through. Instead he only cared for the gifts and hospitality that he wanted from the savagely caveman....
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...A good leader is hard to define. “Leadership is the art of leading others to deliberately create a result that wouldn’t have happened otherwise” - search inside yourself leadership institute. There are also many qualities of a good leader. Some of the qualities include honesty, decisiveness, and selflessness. In the epic poem the Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus, the main character, is faced with the decision between the monsters Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla is a female monster with 6 dog heads, and Charybdis is a whirlpool. He chooses to pass by Scylla instead of Charybdis on his journey home. Odysseus is a good leader he makes good decisions, and he puts his men's needs in front of his own. As mentioned before, the main qualities of a leader...
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...relates to Odysseus and his leadership skills, he was a very determined person wanting to make it back home so badly and never gave up hope that he would achieve his goal. Odysseus was a great leader who showed courage and wisdom numerous times throughout his journey. Just as importantly, he thought of not only his own well being, but his crews as well. He was so determined that he made it his priority to stay on track, only veering from course if absolutely necessary. Some important characteristics that a great leader must have are bravery and courage, they must also be wise and witty. Odysseus definitely portrayed all these skills throughout his journey. For example, when he and his men got trapped in Polyphemus's cave, he came up with a clever plan to get them out as safely as possible. He was smart enough at first to tell the cyclops a false name "Nobody-that's my name. Nobody-so my mother and father call me, all my friends". (IX- 410) Tricking the cyclops meant that they wouldn't have been punished for what they did,...
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...The Odyssey, Homer tells a tale about the main character Odysseus as goes through many trials and tribulations on his journey home. Homer’s tales shows many important things about the Greeks and their views about life. One of things he shows through his story are the qualities of leadership. The Odyssey shows many important qualities of leadership, three of the most important qualities of leadership are determination, courage and intelligence. The Odyssey shows that one of the most important qualities of leadership is the ability to be determine and not let the bumps in the road stop you from reaching your goal. In book 5, although Odysseus has been stuck on a beautiful island with a beautiful women he still longs to go home. “Yet it is true, each day I long for home, long for the sight of home,” replied Odysseus to Calypso. Calypso tried her best to try and convince Odysseus to neglect his goal, but Odysseus stayed strong and kept his goal in sight. This is an important quality for a leader to have, because a leader must be able to keep his men strong and help them remember why they are still working. A leader has to be able to stand firm even if his men begin to give up hope. The Odyssey show what a determined leader looks like through the character of Odysseus....
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...Achilles and Odysseus (An analogy of Achilles and Odysseus) The author Homer wrote about two very significant epic heroes. Those heroes were named Achilles and Odysseus. Achilles and Odysseus have many similarities along with differences. Homer wrote about these two specific epic heroes for a reason. Achilles plays a key role in The Iliad, whereas Odysseus has an essential role in The Odyssey. Achilles and Odysseus are the same in a sense where they both are war heroes, they both sexually use women, and neither of them think twice before killing somebody that wronged them in any way. Yet, they are both different wherein Odysseus is smart in many different ways and Achilles thinks very linearly, Achilles doesn’t look to get in fights whereas...
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...THE ODYSSEY Is a good leader classified as one who personally gains a lot or one who benefits his or her community at large? After fighting in the brutal Trojan War, Odysseus travels the sea in hopes of returning to Ithaca, his homeland, and his wife and son, Penelope and Telemachus. Homer’s The Odyssey reveals the struggles and obstacles Odysseus and his men face traveling home. As prophesized, twenty years later, Odysseus returns to a devastated Ithaca, alone, penniless and unrecognizable. Odysseus has hubris, a flaw that costs him, as well his men, excessive troubles. Odysseus does not learn from his and others’ past mistakes, again leading him into traps that could have easily been avoided. Odysseus constantly puts his men in harm’s way for selfish purposes. For these reasons, Odysseus is an incompetent leader, and therefore should be criticized. Odysseus has hubris. This excessive pride and arrogance leads Odysseus and his men into difficult situations that would not have otherwise arisen. Towards the beginning of Homer’s epic, Odysseus narrowly escapes from a Cyclops’ cave. In triumphant victory, Odysseus taunts the Cyclops, Polyphemus. His men advise him against further agitating Polyphemus after the Cyclops starts throwing massive boulders at their ship; however, Odysseus displays hubris and does not listen. ‘Godsake, Captain! Why bait the beast again? Let him alone!’ ‘Aye He’ll smash our timbers and our heads together!’ / I would not heed them...
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...A hero is someone who is a leader, someone who tries to do good for everyone. A hero is a person who always shows courage and tries to have patience with everything they are involved in. A good hero also shows selflessness by putting others first. The author William Golding, in The Lord of The Flies shows Ralph as a hero, one who stands out and has good leadership skills. In The Odyssey, Homer illustrates heroism through the character Odysseus. Odysseus fights until the end and does not give up until he is able to get back to his wife. Heroism is one this Ralph and Odysseus share in common, however Ralph shows the most. Odysseus is one that is easy to give into things that he knows he should not. Odysseus is on the way home to see his wife and son, but he gets off track and lands on the island of the Sea Nymph. The nymph kept seducing Odysseus and he...
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