One theme found throughout the odyssey is that good leaders take responsibility for those in their charge.
which lines from the text best support this theme?

“the wind that carried west from ilium
brought me to ismarus, on the far shore,
a strongpoint on the coast of cicones.
i stormed that place and killed the men who fought.”

“i drove them, all three wailing, to the ships,
tied them down under their rowing benches,
and called the rest: all hands aboard;
come, clear the beach and no one taste
the lotus, or you lose your hope of home.”

he drew to his fist the cruel head of an arrow for antinous just as the young man leaned to lift his beautiful drinking cup, embossed, two-handled, golden: the cup was in his fingers:
the wine was even at his lips: and did he dream of death?

“spare your own people. as for ourselves, we'll make
restitution of wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart.”

“I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships,  

tied them down under their rowing benches,  

and called the rest: All hands aboard;  

come, clear the beach and no one taste

the Lotus, or you lose your hope of home.”

Explanation:

This exception is an example of how good leaders take responsibility for those under their responsibility. In this excerpt we see that Ulysses decided to direct the men, who were on his responsibility, in the war against the Trojans, even if that prevented him from fulfilling his own will which was to remain with his wife and his son. With this he placed the fulfillment of the desire of his companions above the fulfillment of the desires of himself.

i’m writing a memoir and i’ve been given the great suggestion of placing a ‘sub-narrative’ within some of the chapters – sort of, what was going on with me in the grand scheme of things.

i was wondering how to format this so that it is very obvious we are stepping out the of story.

firstly is a change in font from serif to sans workable? i also use dashes for a scene change. was thinking of using a different scene-changer too.

here’s a (shortened) example:

university – or what’s known as ‘uni’ in australia – were some of the best days of my life. where else do you get to potter around in a great location, have very little responsibility, learn lots of things, do lots of things and walk out four years later with a bonus – a degree!

with my university years i had immersed myself into community of intelligent ambitious people. generally everyone had a confidence about themselves. they knew where they were going in life and weren’t threatened by others.

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next normal paragraph continues here…

(sorry couldn’t show the fonts in this comment field)

too much?

synonymous.

he was ashamed of himself