Essay On Odysseus Is A Good Leader

Does trust alone determine a good leader? Odysseus was the king of Ithica and he went with an army to the Trojan War, and then he had tried to return home over a vast long journey. Odysseus and his men encountered many setbacks on their journey home. On top of all that Odysseus and his men did not get along at all. Odysseus was not a strong leader and ultimately contributed to the destruction of his own men because, he had blindly sacrificed six of his men, and he had not trusted them with the contents of the bag of winds.

Furthermore, Odysseus was a bad leader and led to his men’s destruction because he had blindly sacrificed them. The Odyssey reads,” Then Scylla made her strike, whisking six of my best men from the ship… Voices came down to me in anguish, calling my name for the last time.” This is an example of how Odysseus
The Odyssey states, "The bulls-hide bag containing the winds is wedged under Odysseus’ afterdeck. But during the voyage, the suspicious and curious sailors open the bag, thinking it contains treasure, and all the evil winds roar up into hurricanes that blow the ship back to Aeolia.” If Odysseus had told his men about the sack then they would not have been delayed on their journey home to Ithica. Odysseus did not trust his men or he would have told them what was in the bag, and not to open it. Also his men did not trust him, if they did then they would not have been curios about what was in the sack, and they would not have opened the sack.

In conclusion, Odysseus proved he was a bad leader because not only had he distrusted his men, but he had put them in danger without their knowing. This lack of trust had caused his men's destruction. He was an especially bad leader because the lack of trust that his men had felt directly lead to his men having died under his supervision. Does trust in a leader mean anything if people die from the lack of