The hero's goal, as Betcher points out in her article The Heroic code in The Iliad, "is to achieve honor", which "is gained through engagement in life-threatening activities [where] heroes value honor above life" and "honor is determined by the courage he [the hero] displays, the difficulty of the test he faces, the physical abilities he possesses, his social status, and the possessions that he acquires (2002). ... The moral code in Greek society was very clear, ""philia", "friendship" was an inherent moral code by which they lived and were expected to live" (UM 2002). ... By the law ...

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Displaying xenia in this society was the only accepted code of moral conduct and was regarded as the golden rule of civility. ... As a result of their disregard for the traditional hospitality standards, both Odysseus and the gods immediately seek revenge and eventually take the lives of every suitor who disrespected the Greek tradition of xenia. ...

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