They have been deceived by Odysseus a few too many times, and they were thinking he was holding gold and silver for himself. This questions Odysseus’s leadership skill when his own crew cannot trust their captain. Sadly though, that is not the only time that Odysseus’s crew does not believe the words he speaks. Odysseus and his crew land on the land of Helios. Odysseus tells that “ . . . those comrades I had trusted [feast] there,/ eating the cattle they had rounded up,/ the finest beasts in Helios’ herd.”(12.396-398). If Odysseus’s own close friends on his crew do not believe the words Odysseus speaks, how is anyone else going to believe
They have been deceived by Odysseus a few too many times, and they were thinking he was holding gold and silver for himself. This questions Odysseus’s leadership skill when his own crew cannot trust their captain. Sadly though, that is not the only time that Odysseus’s crew does not believe the words he speaks. Odysseus and his crew land on the land of Helios. Odysseus tells that “ . . . those comrades I had trusted [feast] there,/ eating the cattle they had rounded up,/ the finest beasts in Helios’ herd.”(12.396-398). If Odysseus’s own close friends on his crew do not believe the words Odysseus speaks, how is anyone else going to believe