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Essay on Hospitality in The Odyssey | ||
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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1278 words (5.11 pages) in the essay titled Hospitality in The Odyssey A story centered on homecoming and traveling, The Odyssey by Homer, set in Ancient Greece, has key themes, which include hospitality and the treatment of travelers and strangers. These reoccurring themes are depicted often as Odysseus and Telemakhos show up at the doorsteps of his various hosts, and these themes prove how inhospitable the suitors are. The difference between good and bad is clearly drawn in the Odyssey, good people are hospitable, they hope for Odysseus return, and are kind to Odysseus when he is disguised as a beggar. While bad people abuse hospitality in some way, wish Odysseus dead, and are rude to the beggar. Hospitality defines the lines of good and bad in the Odyssey.First, Telemakhos is shown hospitality wherever he goes. When Telemakhos calls the meeting of the town of Ithaka, he is allowed to speak without any thought from the townspeople that it wasn’t his place. When an old wise man asks who called the meeting and Telemakhos stood up and said he did, everyone listened and accepted him as an equal (20-21). A further example of Telemakhos being received by everyone is when Telemakhos goes to Menaleos’s house. When the king’s companion in arms asks Menelaos if they are to receive Telemakhos, Menelaos answers, “ Could we have made it home again – if other men/ had never fed us, given us lodging? / Bring/ these men to be our guest: unhitch their team!” (54). When Menelaos says this; Telemakhos is once again given hospitality. But he is wel... |
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Keywords: hospitality, odyssey by homer, odysseus, lastly, ancient greece, hospitable, beggar, nestor, journey, ithaka, wise man, suitors, homecoming, zeus, athena, blankets, rugs