Hopitality in the Odyssey
Hospitality is a key concept in The Odyssey. In the ancient world, travelers and strangers were to be given hospitality with no questions asked. A visitor to a palace would receive immediate hospitality, as a host knows that there is a possibility that it might be a god. In The Odyssey , hospitality included being bathed, rubbed by beautiful maids with oils, given fine linens to and a cloak to wear, and fed with good food and fine wine. The host would not even dare ask any questions of the visitors travels until all of this was done and the stranger was satisfied. After hospitality was shown, the host could ask questions. Odysseus can survive only by the hospitality of the people on who he happens to come into contact with. Guests, in return were not to abuse that hospitality. When a Trojan, as a guest at the home of Meneleus stole his wife Helen and treasure. It was a breach of the rules of hospitality that lead to the Trojan War.The suitors commit a grave offense when they abuse the rules of hospitality by taking over the home of an absent man. To compound their offense they themselves abuse the beggar (Odysseus in disguise) and fail to extend to him the hospitality that they abused. The interest of the Gods in punishi
Telemachus visits the palace of Menelaus and Helen in book IV, only to find that they are celebrating the weddings of his son and lovely daughter. Telemachus feels impolite to stay, as it is a family gathering. Menelaus invites him in and orders his servents to unleash the horses and bring the guests to enjoy the feast. Throughout the book, homer goes into great detail explaining the grand palace of Menelaus. Homer speaks of the kind of hospitality that Telemachus received: good ways than bad, he also used bad hospitality frequently. poor, it doesn't matter about the amount given to a guest, but by is well known for his good hospitality. Homer really loved Eumaeus, the character he had created.
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Approximate Word count = 1795
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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