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Power and Leadership The Connection of Power and Leadership between The Odyssey and The Prince Research Assignment Stories in Diverse Media LAPS/HUMA 1780 Prepared for: Dr. Gillian Helfield Mr. Julian Manyoni Prepared by: Samuel James Ysip 212-697-983 Power and Leadership Power and leadership play a big role in accomplishing the objectives of a team. A person having these two attributes can direct a group of people towards achieving their common goal. These two components of authority are also essential to each other in order for the leader to be successful. Power is a person’s ability to influence others and leadership is a person’s talent to guide a group of people to achieve their common goal. A person that has power†¦show more content†¦This confrontation is an evidence of Odysseus showing incorrect compassion towards Eurylochus. Although Odysseus showed a sign of disappointment, he never really punished him which led to more disobedience by Eurylochus. It also showed that he considers his men’s view of his actions. His actions confirmed that he would rather show compassion than cruelty by being stopped by his men from killing Eurylochus through their pleading. By not taking the necessary actions on Eurylochus’ behaviour, he was able to persuade Odysseus to land on the island of Thrinakia where Helios keeps his cattle despite Circes advice to stay away from Helios’ belongings. When they landed on the Island where the cattle are, Eurylochus again stirred up trouble by persuading the crew members that it’s fine to eat the cattle of Helios while Odysseus was asleep. Eurylochus said, â€Å". . . hunger is the sorriest way to die and encounter fate . . . let us cut out the best of Helios cattle and sacrifice them to the immortals who hold wide heaven . . . and if we ever come back to Ithaca . . . we will build a rich temple to the Sun God Helios.† (12. 342-346). This final incident that Eurylochus was able stir up became the main reason of the crew members’ death and also Eurylochus. Odysseus should have made the right decision of eliminating Eurylochus when he first started to disregard his superiority on the Island of Aeaea. OdysseusShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Hom er s Odyssey And Machiavelli s The Prince2325 Words   |  10 PagesGod to self, religion to self-awareness. In Homer’s Odyssey, the long held tradition that the gods of Mount Olympus controlled one’s fate changed into the people forgoing their beliefs and believing they were able to create their own destiny. For Machiavelli and The Prince, a similar change occurred, but this change focused on politics and preserving oneself in the face of the public so one may control them thoroughly. On the surface, The Odyssey, supports the importance of tradition and yet provesRead MoreA Historical Views Of Leadership1438 Words   |  6 Pagesphilosophers’ views in order to demonstrate that leaders differed greatly in the perception of leadership, there are lots of views of what it means to be a successful leader. †¢ These philosophers include: Bass, Carlyle, Tolstoy, Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Lao-tzu, Gandhi, and Du Bois. 9 – Concepts of Leadership: The Beginnings – Bernard M. Bass †¢ Leadership is one of the world’s oldest preoccupations. †¢ In the Iliad, higher transcended goals are emphasized: ‘He serves me most, who serves his countryRead MoreThe Role of the Artistic Director in a Theater Production2388 Words   |  10 Pagesin 1564 and died in 1593. He was a spy, a poet, and a playwright within the sixteenth century. One of his known plays was The Tragicall History of Doctor Faustus. Machiavelli: Machiavelli was born in 1513 BCE and he was an assistant to the Medicis. He wrote a play known as The Mandrake, which was based on Roman comedy. Machiavelli took the existing story of The Mandrake and made it his own. The Mandrake was written in Italian and it focused on a servant who had a burning desire to sleep with aRead MoreBroken Family3761 Words   |  16 PagesInfluenced by: Socrates, Homer, Hesiod, Aristophanes, Aesop, Protagoras, Parmenides, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Orphism Influenced: Most of subsequent western philosophy, including Aristotle, Augustine, Neoplatonism, Cicero, Plutarch, Stoicism, Anselm, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Mill, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Arendt, Gadamer, Imam Khomeini, Russell and countless other philosophers and theologians A .Masterpieces 1. phaedo BY: PLATO The Phaedo is acknowledged to