The Consequences Of Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

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Let's take ourselves back to the timeframe of 720 B.C., when women were seen to have little to no rights, and men were still seen as the manly studs they were depicted to be. Before the time of cars, mobile phones, and easily accessible transportation, the time when gods were respected and feared because of the power people believed they had. Whenever readers ponder the fascinations of Greek mythology, most of them think of Homer's most famous work, the "Odyssey". Because the "Odyssey" was written in the Greek language, there are many different translations, but they all explain the detailed story of a man named Odysseus's, who desperately tries to find his way back to his homeland. Nevertheless, Odysseus's finds himself stuck on multiple islands …show more content…
Nevertheless the reader obtains the experience of a lifetime being able to watch Odysseus's changed from an impatient man to a kind, caring, and respectful man. Regardless of what homer writes about Odysseus's, this poem is not really about Odysseus and his journey, but rather, it's about the consequences of disloyalty.

Through the readers journey of the "Odyssey", they will witness the troubles that others had to go through, due to the lack of loyalty their men, or they themselves had. Furthermore, an example of these hardships would be when the maids had disrespected Odysseus …show more content…
By being loyal to his missing master, he's able to please many people and is able to personally please his disguised master. Furthermore, because Eumaeus had given the cloak to Odysseus, it represents the loyalty he has for his master by showing the faith he still has. Before, Eumaeus had revealed that he would listen to many beggars create stories about Odysseus just to acquire a cloak, and he wasn't willing to hand over a cloak to anyone els due to their false stories. Regardless of what he had said before, Odysseus had given him a story, and in return Eumaeus handed a cloak to him representing the faith he still has for his masters return. When Eumaeus had given the cloak to the unidentified Odysseus, he had displayed his obedience, and had unknowingly proved himself to be Odysseus's step son. While many readers may think the poem is about Odysseus trying to make it back to his own homeland, others can see that it's actually about the harm disloyalty can cause to
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