Lessons of Odysseus. It's often that walking is the first lesson someone learns, but it is only the first in an neverending series of lessons that life will teach. One man who learns many lessons through his life is Odysseus from the Odyssey, being confronted with Gods, creatures, all on an almost decade long journey at sea just to get home, teaches him lessons. The lesson of resisting temptations, the lesson of not having arrogance, and the lesson of Obedience.
The first lesson Odysseus learns is the lesson of resisting temptations, after sailing from Circe's island with advice on how to avoid the treacherous sirens, half bird half woman creatures that sing songs luring sailors to the their end, Odysseus and his men are sailing when
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Before the main events of the Odyssey, after their victory in Troy, Odysseus and his men go to Ismarus and slaughter them and enslave their women, this angers Zeus deeply so he se casts storms on them that cause them to drift at sea to the isle of the Lotus eaters. ¨Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. The bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind.¨ This quote shows what happened to them after they angered Zeus, it shows his absolute power and what happens when he becomes unhappy. Another example comes from the Cyclops, after getting away and mocking the Cyclops, the Cyclops prays to his father to curse Odysseus and his men. It is this curse that traps Odysseus and his men at sea for years and it is also why when he returns home it is cold and harsh. ¨O hear me, Lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: Laertes´ son I mean, who kept his hall on Ithaca. Should destiny intend that he shall see his roof again among his family in his father land, far be that day, and dark the years between. Let him lose all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at home.´ In these words he prayed, and the God heard him. Now he laid hands upon a bigger stone and wheeled around, titanic for the cast, to let it fly in the black-prowed vessel´s track. But it fell short, just aft the steering oar, and whelming seas rose giant above the stone to bear us onward toward the island.¨ And the curse works Posdien grants his son the wish and all of what the Cyclops wanted becomes true, this again shows the power of the Gods and what happens when they are