Odysseus learns many great qualities from his adventures. He learns from meeting new gods and goddesses, being a great hero, and many other trials he has faced. He learns lessons from the different events. Odysseus is very stubborn but with the right lessons, advice from others, and different trials along the way, he can become a great strong man. He learned self-control, leadership abilities, and better problem solving. He takes the events that he goes through and learns how to be a better hero and leader. The gods and goddesses taught Odysseus self control, not directly but in the situations they faced Odysseus with it molded him to have self -control. For example when he was told to tie himself down when his ship passed the sirens, when the crew encountered Scylla, and when they arrived on the Island of Helios. When his ship passed the sirens Odysseus could have not tied himself down to the mast. He showed leadership skills by telling his men to put beeswax in their ears so they would not untie him. He would beg and plead for his men to untie him, but they would only tighten more rope around him. The next trial brought Odysseus’ ship to the bottom of Scylla’s cave. Odysseus was forced to helplessly witness six of his men get taken away by the ferocious beast. Odysseus wanted to revolt against the monster and fate. This was to save the men, Odysseus had to hold himself back because Circe had instructed him ,“the only avail is flight.” Odysseus could not kill Scylla anyways, but this helped him learn self-control. The restraint taught him a lesson that he used time after time during his life. Odysseus did not always show self-control. For example, when Circe asked him to stay with her to recollect, relax, eat and drink, Odysseus obeyed. Him and his men stayed with her on the island for about a year. He also
