Why does Odysseus continue to be led by his greed?

"The same wind that wafted me from Iliam brought me to Ismarus, the city of the Cicones.  I sacked this place and destroyed its menfolk. The women and the vast plunder that we took from the town we divided..."

Book IX: 39-44

"To start with my men begged me to let them take away some of the cheeses, then come back [to the cyclops' cave], drive the kids and lambs quickly out of the pens down to the good ship, and so set sail across the salt water.  But though it would have been far better so, I was not to be persuaded.  I wished to see the owner of the cave and had hopes of some friendly gifts from my host."

Book IX: 224-229

" 'Cyclops, if anyone ever asks you how you came by your blindness, tell him your eye was put out by Odysseus, sacker of cities, the son of Laertes, who lives in Ithica"

Book IX: 502-505

       Odysseus and his men continue to be led by their greed because they have lost

their sense of right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable, in essense, they have

lost their humanity during the ten years they have been away at war.  Excerpt #1

above tells of how Odysseus and his men sacked a city, killing and raping people,

for no particular reason.  In the war, they were so used to fighting by instinct and

doing anything to stay alive, that they see nothing unusual about pillaging a city

they happen to land by.  Excerpt #2 tells us of when Odysseus was more concerned

with getting gifts from the Cyclops than the saftey of his own men.  In the end,

many of the men were killed - directly as a result of Odysseus' greed.  Finally,

Excerpt #3 illustrates Odysseus' greed for fame.  He tells the Cyclops his name

so the Cyclops would tell people that Odysseus blinded him, thereby increasing

Odysseus' fame.  So, as you can see, Odysseus is led by his greed.  This greed

comes from his years of service in the war, which stripped him of his humanity,

leaving him as a lawless, greedy individual.