In Book 10, we see Odysseus' men become jealous of Odysseus' gift. Aeolus had given Odysseus an ox skin that contains winds to help take Odysseus and his crew back to Ithaca. While Odysseus is sleeping, his crew becomes jealous saying in lines 45-47, "Heaps of lovely plunder he hauls home from Troy, while we who went through slogging just as hard, we go home empty-handed." The crew believes that this ox skin is actually treasure, that Odysseus was shown favoritism by Aeolus. The crew releases the winds back to Aeolus, putting them further away from Ithaca. Why would Odysseus' men think that he was withholding treasures? Is this mistrust for Odysseus simply due to natural human jealousy? Or a sign of bad leadership on Odysseus' part?
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