Odysseus does manage to get past some evil creatures, but he does not save many lives on his long quest. In the Trojan war, he does aid in its end, which saved tons of lives in the process. Though this act wasn’t solely his doing. Even if you give him that credit, after the war, he doesn’t help anyone else. When he is told of the prophecy that says that he will be the lone survivor of him and his men, he does nothing to stop it from coming true. He did not notify the crew because he wanted their help to reach home. If he had spoken to the men about it, the members could choose if returning home was worth the risk instead of dooming them all. Odysseus’ men did eat the cattle of Helios but it was Odysseus’ job as a leader to prevent that from happening. He sleeps while his crew feasts just to wake up and yell out “‘O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, you made me sleep away this day of mischief!’” Homer (Book 12). A good sum of of his men died for reasons that were not their fault in the slightest. The crew trusted and believed in their leader’s actions, and that got them
Odysseus does manage to get past some evil creatures, but he does not save many lives on his long quest. In the Trojan war, he does aid in its end, which saved tons of lives in the process. Though this act wasn’t solely his doing. Even if you give him that credit, after the war, he doesn’t help anyone else. When he is told of the prophecy that says that he will be the lone survivor of him and his men, he does nothing to stop it from coming true. He did not notify the crew because he wanted their help to reach home. If he had spoken to the men about it, the members could choose if returning home was worth the risk instead of dooming them all. Odysseus’ men did eat the cattle of Helios but it was Odysseus’ job as a leader to prevent that from happening. He sleeps while his crew feasts just to wake up and yell out “‘O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, you made me sleep away this day of mischief!’” Homer (Book 12). A good sum of of his men died for reasons that were not their fault in the slightest. The crew trusted and believed in their leader’s actions, and that got them