Page 1:Page 2: They felt their knees fail, and their hearts – but heard Eurymachus for the last time rallying them. "Friends," he said, "the man is implacable. Now that he's got his hands on bow and quiver he'll shoot from the big door stone there until he kills us to the last man. Fight, I say, let's remember the joy of it. Swords out!" —The Odyssey, Homer Read each passage. Compare Eurymachus, the speaker in the first passage, to Odysseus, the speaker in the second passage. How are Odysseus and Eurymachus similar? Both are in charge of a group. Both are powerful motivators. Both are loyal to their families. Both believe that the gods will help them.

Odyssey is one of the two main epic poems of Ancient Greece, attributed to Homer. It is a sequence of the Iliad, another work credited to the author, and is a fundamental poem in the Western canon. Historically, it is the second - the first being the Iliad itself - the work of Western literature.

In this poem we are introduced to Odysseus and Eurymachus. Odysseus and Eurymachus are very different from each other, they have different personalities and behaviors. Eurymachus is arrogant, disrespectful and takes advantage of the hospitality of the people, unlike Udisseuu who is represented as a true hero and gentleman. However, the excerpt above shows a strong similarity between them which is the ability to be powerful motivators, influencing those around them.