Examples Of Loyalty In The Odyssey

The main character of the story is Ulysses he is king of Ithaca he has a wife named Penelope and a son named Telemachus.Ulysses is known for his homecoming which took him 20 years to get home.Today I am gonna be writing about the theme of the Odyssey.The theme is loyal, I will be providing examples why the theme is loyal in the following paragraphs.

There have been times in the book where Odysseus has been disloyal, however, Odysseus displays mostly loyalty throughout the book. There are numerous acts of loyalty in the book from Odysseus not leaving his crew behind to Odysseus making sure one of his crew gets a proper burial. In the Odyssey, Odysseus stays very loyal to his crew until they get killed by Zeus’s lightning bolt. Odysseus hds been the one to get his crew out of sticky situations and has been nice and compationent towards them.

Professional relationships. A connection between a boss and an employee is nothing less than serious business. When asked if one is loyal to, or trusts their boss, the answer will not always be ‘yes’. But The Odyssey is not about a job, and Odysseus is not a boss, he is a leader. A leader has much more responsibility to his crew than a boss, especially in the face of survival. In The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, Odysseus and his crew are traveling home from Troy at the end of the Trojan war. On their journey home, Odysseus leads his crew into various dangers that postpone their voyage back to their families, such as spending an extra year on a goddess’ island for Odysseus’ own benefit and

Odysseus does not tell his men many things and he keeps those secrets to himself. In one example of the Odyssey, Odysseus is given a gift from the god of the winds, Aiolos. The gift, a bag of winds, takes all the stormy winds and conceals them inside a cowskin bag. Odysseus’ crew, curious about what is in the bag, decides to open the bag and check what is inside. Thinking that there is gold and silver inside, they greedily open it emanating a windy gale. Odysseus describes the opening of the bag saying, ‘“A scandalous motion, but it was passed. They opened the bag, the winds leaped out; at once a gale caught them, and carried them off to sea tearing their hair as they left their native land behind.”’ (Homer 113). A very scandalous motion indeed for the island of Ithaca was visible to Odysseus and his me. Odysseus is punished for his poor leadership. He does not tell his crew that there are the stormy winds inside the bag, leaving his crew inquisitive. Odysseus also, “fell into a deep sleep…”(Homer 112) which gives the crew freedom because there is no supervision. This flaw gave Odysseus the wisdom of responsibility. Odysseus acts as the leader and tells his men what to do. Unfortunately, Odysseus’s men still disobey him on Thrinacia. The men take all of Helios’ cattle and they feast on them although Odysseus had already warned the men. Odysseus, having learned from poor leadership, said, “My friends, we have food and drink in the ship, so we must keep our hands off these cattle or we may suffer for it.” (Homer 144). Odysseus learns but his crew does not gain any wisdom. Odysseus tries to take leadership by warning his crew but they were all too greedy. Under the circumstances, Helios called upon Zeus and terror struck upon Odysseus men leaving only Odysseus alive. Odysseus gains the wisdom of responsibility after learning from his flaw of poor

Despite the loss of Odysseus’s crew in the epic, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus maintains his title of being a good leader by remaining loyal to and fulfilling his crew’s wish for home as well as maneuvering his crew through challenging obstacles.

Loyalty is an important factor for success. When someone comes across a challenge loyalty may be the most important thing to give them the will to fight to victory. In The Odyssey, there were many people who were loyal or disloyal. Most of the ones who were loyal got what they wanted in the end because they stuck through with what they believed. The ones who were not loyal were led to failure or suffering. The Odyssey shows a few examples of how loyalty effects success.

Intro: There are a wide variety of themes present throughout the Odyssey, written by Homer. Be it hospitality, perseverance, vengeance or power of the Gods, loyalty is truly the theme that brings the whole book together. Being 10 years after the Trojan War, many have forgotten about Odysseus and his men as they constantly brave what the gods throw their way. This essay will be talking about Odysseus and Penelope’s mutual loyalty to one another, the loyal relationships between Gods and men and finally, the loyalty Odysseus’ men show for him until death. This essay with prove to us that without loyalty, Odysseus’ legendary journey would have been put to an end near where they started. The general theme of loyalty is what kept Odysseus

Trustworthiness, reliability, devotion, all of these words relate back to one subject, loyalty. The act of loyalty can be described as having a strong feeling to support and show allegiance to a certain cause. In The Odyssey by Homer, the thematic subject, loyalty, is shown when Odysseus refuses to stay with Circe until his men are freed, when Odysseus’ men refuse to untie him from his boat, and when Odysseus’ servants stay committed to him even when he is away from Ithaca.

Three themes are loyalty vs. perseverance, appearance vs. reality and vengeance. A great example of loyalty was Penelope who waited 20 years for her husband to return. Also Telemachus(odysseus son) that stood against the suitors to protect his land. Odysseus perseverance was legendary throughout these stories. Probably the most difficult test of this was the seven years he spent in Calypso’s captivity.

Loyalty has always been seen as a commendable trait, not only in human beings but in any creature, all through history. Soldiers have admired their enemies for their loyalty to fallen comrades, thousands of stories have been written about the intense loyalty animals portray for their owners, and even companies in the workforce look for loyalty in potential employees. Loyalty has been seen as something that distinguishes the trustworthy from the untrustworthy, and something that sets the great apart from the good. The archetypal hero commonly has a cause, whether it be another person or personal beliefs, that they are loyal to, and this unwavering loyalty is what makes them appear so highly in the eyes of the reader. Loyalty can be found in practically any work of literature, but within The Torah, The Odyssey, and Inanna is the idea that true loyalty, although a rare attribute, is the key to a successful relationship.

The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, manifests a quality that has been underestimated for many years, from ancient times to modern day. This quality is the power of a woman. Penelope, the wife of the main character in The Odyssey, Odysseus, shows great amplitudes of power throughout the first few chapters of the book. Being separated from her husband immediately after having their child, she is forced to make an instantaneous adaptation to her new life. With many struggles beforehand, she seems to cope very well.

According to www.relationshipmatters.com/loyalty-in-relationship-most-important-of-all/ Loyalty means being faithful to one's oath, engagements or obligations. In The Odyssey, Odysseus tends to miss and think about Penelope. While missing her he tends to see other women and it doesn't bother him that he is still married. While back home, Penelope is staying herself doing everything she can to not have to marry any other men because she wants Odysseus. In The Odyssey, Odysseus time and time again proves he isn’t loyal to Penelope.

Odysseus makes some substantial mistakes, thus leading to the failure to his men. Odysseus shows extremely inadequate leadership qualities throughout the story. When Odysseus is on the journey to Ithaka, he neglects to let his crew know how long they will be staying on each island. He also neglects to let them know of the journey that lies ahead. This is very poor leadership in the eyes of his crew members. The crew relies on their leader to be honest with them when it comes to situations such as these. They expect Odysseus to make decisions for the well being of the crew. When Odysseus receives advice, even if it is helpful he tends to ignore it. He thinks he is the most intelligent human being, even more so than the gods. A prime example of this is when Odysseus receives advice from Kirke about Scylla. Kirke tells Odysseus not to fight Scylla, yet he chooses to anyway. Another example of Odysseus’s ignorance toward people is when Eurylochus tells him not to go onto Kirke’s island because he knows the crew would be turned into swine. Odysseus again chooses to ignore the intelligent advice given by the gods, and finds out that hard way that Eurylochus was correct. After all that Odysseus has done to the crew, it is true to

Loyalty to family, community, and the gods is an important quality in the lives of ancient Greek citizens. These qualities are clear demonstrated in The Odyssey through Penelope, Telemakhos, and Odysseus.

This shows that Odysseus thought he was very smart and he knew what he was doing so he didn’t tell his men so which result him to go backward and all of the sailing time was wasted. And if Odysseus told his men that he got bag of gift and don’t open then there wouldn’t be this much of trouble. Sometimes you have to trust the people around otherwise you will fail in that situation and maybe even in life. If we don’t trust others then how others going to trust us. Another example from the story is when they are at the island of the Lotus eaters. There Odysseus sends three of his men to see if they find something on the island that can be valuable. And they wouldn’t want to leave so he told the rest of his men that if you “taste the lotus” then you will “lose hope for going home” (Homer 8). This shows that Odysseus knew that the three men wanted to stay but he forced them to leave because he knew or thought that since he wanted to go home then