If we were all great leaders, the world would be a pretty boring place. In Plato’s The Odyssey, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, gets lost at sea on his way back from the Battle of Troy. His leadership and strength helped guide him and his crew back home to Ithaca. There are many times where Odysseus displays his godlike strength but is that all it takes to be a good leader?
After brutally sailing through Charybdis and Scylla and getting close to the island of the Sun, Eurylochos says, with mutiny on his mind, "You are a hard man Odysseus. Your fighting spirit's stronger than ours, your stamina never fails. You must be made of iron head to foot" (Plato 12.279-80). Eurylochos points out that, even after half of his crew is wiped out, he still
After brutally sailing through Charybdis and Scylla and getting close to the island of the Sun, Eurylochos says, with mutiny on his mind, "You are a hard man Odysseus. Your fighting spirit's stronger than ours, your stamina never fails. You must be made of iron head to foot" (Plato 12.279-80). Eurylochos points out that, even after half of his crew is wiped out, he still