Odysseus_As_A_Leader_And_A_Hero

Odysseus As A Leader And A Hero “… Be quiet; keep it from the others, else I warn you, and I mean it, too, if by my hand god brings the suitors down I’ll kill you, nurse, r not, when the time comes…” I would like to start off by showing Odysseus’ non-heroic or “leader” side. Those words he spoke to Eurymakhos, the women who nursed and raised him since his birth, are cruel and somewhat selfish. I don’t understand how anyone could even think of killing a person who cares so much about you, and after not seeing Eurymakhos for twenty years he should be happy to see her! But Odysseus, the leader, won’t let anyone get in the way of his plans. Another big part of Odysseus’ leader side was Aitheon, the man he disguised himself as. Almost every time Aitheon spoke a new lie was created. Odysseus didn’t have time to think of what he would say in which situation, which is why we often found him improvising while playing the role of Aitheon. “Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth, our mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man. So long as the gods’ grant him power, spring in his knees, he thinks he will odysseus, leader, side, years, way, time, suitors, spoke, should, one, man, let, even, earth, aitheon, words, wanted, untied, turn, though, think, take, start, song, since, sierenes, sea, role, quote, part, new, much, mast, long, know