Odysseus: Hero or Villain? Compare odysseus to modern-day CEO's, with relevance to situational ethics in Homer's Odyssey.

Odysseus: Hero or Villain? Whether in times of war or in times of "peace," dispute has not ceased nor will ever cease as long as there are humans upon this Earth. Within these humans originates the essence of dispute: rationalization. Presupposing that there is no external source of absolute truth, it is necessary to decipher all we encounter, in an attempt to find self-explanation. Although humans are, in part, physically the same, mentally they are …

…a situational basis. Odysseus would fit into the modern world perfectly as probably would Waksal into Ancient Greece. As shown today as well as thousands of years ago, man will do anything (because they believe there is no right and wrong) to achieve their personal goals. To the question whether Odysseus was a hero or villain, the answer is yes. There can be no hero, nor villain, if man lives by "All truth is relative."