Odysseus Leader Analysis

Odysseus displays many traits of leadership and other strengths throughout the Epic. First, whenever Odysseus's crew obeys his orders, it demonstrates Odysseus's leadership. Homer's text states that the crew, “delivered me from my restraint”. Since the crew follows out his orders, it represents their respect for him. As well as exhibiting signs of strengths, he also portrays character weaknesses. As the Epic continues, Odysseus exposes signs of weakness. Odysseus unmasks his trait of selfishness by putting his crew in jeopardy in order to hear the sirens. Homer’s Epic proclaims the following evidence,”Me only she permits those strains to hear,” and, “and by no struggle to be loos’d of mine,” which both quotes support the idea that his