Throughout the whole entire story there was on main lesson. That was to never give up. There was always one intention Odyssey had and that was going home. He never gave up even though he had a few bumps in the road. He had to go through the Cyclops and had to use his wits and keenness to get pass him. Though he lost a few men to the Cyclops since he ate them. There were also somethings that he didn't really have to do. He didn't need to listen to the sirens and put himself in danger. Though he got lucky getting past them and being the only one to ever her the Sirens. He also faced the Whirlpool Charybdis and Scylla the 6 headed monster. He did have 6 of his men killed but just so he could get home though. He also wasted a bunch of time being on Calypso's Island. He didn't have much of a choice though. He faced many other challenges and made it in the end and killed all the suitors. This would be a superb lesson in the Odyssey.