On theme that you see repeatedly in the odyssey is that it is extremely important to be loyal to all friends and allies.
Book 16: It is very important to be loyal espicially in greek society. A example of this from book 16 of the odyssey is when the suitors betray odysseus and defile his castle. When odysseus returns he sees that there is trash everywhere. Odysseus froms a plan to get revenge so he locks all the suitors in the chamber and slaughters them all. This is how the suitors were unloyal.
Book 21: Another way that loyalty is shown is when penelope odysseus' faithful wife thinks that he will come back. After twenty years with the suitors annoying her she decides to hold a competition to see if any of them could replace odysseus. She holds a competition to string a bow and shoot it through 12 axes. She knows that none of the suitors can do that so she won't marry any of them. This shows how Athena is loyal to her husband.
Book 12: One way you can be loyal is to always follow the orders of your superior. When odysseus is with his crew on the island of helios he instructs them not to touch any of the cattle. They can't move away with thier boat because it's stormy. The food starts to run low so the men are worried. When odysseus goes off to pray his men kill one of the cows and eat it. After that Helios is angry then it ends up that he tells zeus to kill all the men except odysseus. So then odysseus' crew and his boat are destroyed because the crew didn't follow his orders. This shows that not being loyal can get you killed.
You make some good points, but fail to provide quotes, which is one of the required elements.
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