Loyalty Of Odysseus Essay

Odysseus spent twenty years away from home at war, at sea, and in various foreign lands. The entire time that Odysseus spent gone at war and journey, Penelope’s loyalty to Odysseus never wavered. Though Odysseus may have been loyal to Penelope before his long journey home from the Trojan War- unlike loyal Penelope, his loyalty faltered far more than once. Giving into temptation on the trip Odysseus betrayed Penelope. If any of his crew was left at the end of it all, they could all testify to his disloyal actions, but atlass they all died on the journey home. Once returned to home Odysseus maintains his disloyalty towards Penelope in a new way.

After the Trojan war with his trying travels home, Odysseus and what was left of his crew stumble …show more content…
Warmed a bed with. Once Odysseus left on his journey home tragedy struck many of times causing him to lose all his crew to death. He was the only survivor of it all. Alone at last Odysseus floated upon Ogygia island where the nymph Calypso lives. On that island he spent seven years with Calypso- seven years of betraying Penelope. On Ogygia island Odysseus spent a lot of time weeping for his homeland, and for Penelope. Some would say that this is proof of Odysseus’s loyalty to Penelope, however despite Odysseus weeping his actions say other wise. Actions prove who someone is, words prove who they want to be. This is more than true in Odysseus’s case. Odysseus cried for home because he was no longer content with sleeping with Calypso “since the nymph no longer pleased.” During the day he might have wept with words, in the night he spoke with …show more content…
Just now is no longer pleased by her? For seven years Odysseus betrayed Penelope- not only for sleeping with Calypso a sum of times, but also enjoying it up until the last year. After Hermes visits with Calypso and makes her agree to send him on his way home, when Calypso speaks with Odysseus she asks him how Penelope could compare to her- a goddess. It