Leadership skills of Odysseus Essay

Odysseus is a effective leader he is intelligence and have a lot of leadership skills in inspiration and intelligence conversely, he could have demonstrated forward-looking better. He had also blind the cyclops even if it would be a risk the cyclops could of woke up before he stabbed him in the eye and saw him trying to stab him that's were his leader ship and intelligence skills came in. in contrast to that he had slept with another women than his wife that’s where forward looking skills are…

dangerous hazards. Odysseus was left with a huge dilemma. Should he sail closer to Scylla or Charybdis? He chose to go closer to Scylla, and this showed how he could make major decisions under great pressure anticipating a succesful out come. If they had gone near Charybdis, all of them would have most likely drowned. Since they were forced to go towards Scylla, it was almost certain that six men would be snagged by the monster, but this would be better than everyone in the crew dying. Odysseus…

temptations the protagonist, Odysseus, has when he travels on an expedition trying to reach home. Ithaca, Odysseus' homeland, hardly stands from the twenty years he has been away from it. It begins to crumble from the lack of care and leadership taken. In The Odyssey, Odysseus' crew of men come across many figures on their travels home, including coming face to face…

English Raleigh Odysseus’s Character Odysseus is truly one of the most brave and courageous leaders of mythology. He is undoubtedly a strong leader as he is in many roles that require good leadership such as a captain, a father, and a husband. We will be examining these characteristics through a biblical perspective. Here we will see how many leaders in the bible go through similar temptations and situations as Odysseus. Many men try to be leaders in various aspects of their lives, but only…

Homer reveals Odysseus’ venture home to Ithaka through the well known epic poem The Odysseys depicts a hero’s journey home from the Trojan war. The main character in this poem is Odysseus. He is chosen to be the epic hero of this story because his great leadership qualities. When Odysseus devices a plan to escape from a Kyklops, he shows one his cunning ability to think instantly. As Odysseus goes to Kirke demanding his crew to be turned back into men and returned to him he shows his…

The Odyssey details Odysseus’ difficult return to his homeland. Ten years have passed since the end of the Trojan war. Writtenby Homer, Homer was a blind minstrel. he told stories to audiences and they had to listen carefully. Homer’s Odyssey was written around 700 B.C. Throughout the ten years, Odysseus goes on a journey, faces mythical creatures and returns home considerably transformed. Odysseus is the epitome of the epic hero. Odysseus proves he often possesses supernatural abilities or…

witch goddess, and soul-stealing sirens, all three obstacles were overcome by the great Odysseus in The Odyssey by Homer. His courage saved his men time and time again, proving he was a valiant hero. During his journey, he became a noble leader, full of determination to get home. Through the roughest of the rough and the toughest of the tough he’s displayed a near perfect quintessence of a storybook hero. Odysseus is a dedicated warrior with several qualities that build up a strong leader, such…

way for Odysseus ' safe return (491). Zeus makes his first appearance in the Odyssey in book I as he berates humankind for blaming the gods for their woes, "[a]h how shameless--the way these mortals blame the gods . . . with their own reckless ways, compound their pains beyond their proper share" (37-40). In a way, Homer…

Andrei Konchalovsky, into a famous movie. The Greek hero Odysseus and conqueror of the Trojan war, attempts to return home to Ithaca with his men. After battle, he finds Poseidon, god of the sea angry at him. Poseidon curses Odysseus making their journey home nearly impossible, lasting ten years with many difficult…

Yet both men are very human when it comes to their faults and both can be seen and the anti-hero. Odysseus can be seen as such because is the new form of hero, the think before you kill, type of hero. His craftiness and tricks can come off as cheating or as not honorable. The corruption of the ideal of xenos is seen in both men's actions. Odysseus' actions of wronged xenos can be seen is the following quotation from Book Nine of The Odyssey: "I'd brought along a skin of wine that we'd been…