Great Books Ep 50. The Odyssey Book 22. Loyalty in Flux: Adapting to Leadership Changes in Today’s World

When there is a leadership change, should the followers reject the old leader, align with the new leader, and blame the old leader for things wrong with the system for their own survival?

Dec 23, 2023

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Part 1 - On Loyalty

“But Antinous who was the head and front of the offending lies low already. It was all his doing. ... We will make everything good among ourselves, and pay you in full for all that we have eaten and drunk.”

~ The Odyssey - Book XXII (Samuel Butler Translation. p306)

Book 22 of The Odyssey is action-packed. …

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