When talking about Odysseus, people often describe him as heroic, courageous, and intelligent. They remember the many incredible feats he accomplished, such as outsmarting and blinding a Cyclops. They also mention Odysseus' brilliant idea of ​​the Trojan Horse which helped the Greeks defeat the Trojans. Although Odysseus displayed the qualities of an excellent leader, his actions continually contradicted them. Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus' tragic flaw, arrogance, drives him to act in ways that go against the definition of a good leader. He has allowed arrogance to interfere with his task of bringing himself and his troops home, and for that he is a poor commander. The reason why it takes Odysseus twenty years to finally return home can be boiled down to the fact that Odysseus and his team had talked about something like their plan to return home, they would probably arrive in Ithaca. The fact that Odysseus did not have a good relationship with his soldiers may have been due to arrogance. He most likely thought he was too good to ask them what they think the next plan of action should be. Indeed, in the tenth book, Odysseus's lack of communication cost the crew their fortune in finally returning home. They were on Aiolos Hippotades, the island of the wind king, and he gave Odysseus a bag of winds, so that only the west wind remained to make the sail fly. Odysseus decides not to tell anyone that they shouldn't open it and instead falls asleep. He explains that temptation drives the crew to untie the bag, while they grumbled, “'Never fails. (Odysseus) is welcome everywhere: greetings to the captain when he comes ashore! He brought with him many gifts, the spoils of Troy, that's all. How about ourselves, his shipmates all the way? Close to home we are empty-handed. And who has gifts from Aiolos? He did it. I say we should open that bag, there's gold and silver, plenty of it, in that bag'” (Book 10, lines 43-50). After releasing all the winds, the ship is dragged back by the sea, causing the crew to lose the nine days of voyage they had made. The crew's belief that they will not receive any gifts further demonstrates Odysseus' incompetence as a commander. Odysseus and his men were preparing to leave Circe's house when her youngest soldier falls from a roof to his death. Homer writes of the tale stating: “Among them all the youngest was Elpênor - not a pillar in a fight nor very intelligent - and this, after climbing to the roof of Kirkê to taste the cool night, fell asleep with the wine. Awakened by our morning voices and the trampling of the men below him, he set out, but missed his foot on the long, steep backward staircase and fell headlong from that height. The blow broke the cord at the back of his neck and his ghost fled into the darkness” (Book 10, lines 609-618). Odysseus does not bother to make sure all his crew are with him when he leaves and therefore does not find out about Elpênor until he sees him in the underworld. A good commander should always know when and where his crew members are. Odysseus leaving one behind and not even remembering him until he sees his ghost tests how terrible a leader he can be