Odysseus's adventure in Homer's epic, "The Odyssey," follows him on a journey where he meets an array of new people while traveling to new land. ... Xenia, the practice of kindness to guests, which was expected of good Greeks, played an important role in "The Odyssey." ... Those who practiced bad Xenia were often punished. ... Cyclops, on the other hand fails to practice good Xenia and is characterized as a monster. The importance of Xenia in Greek culture is clearly demonstrated in Homer's, "The Odyssey," because the entire story is based on the behaviors of hosts Odysseus enco...

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The concept of Xenia in Homer's Odyssey The concept of "xenia", described in Homer's Odyssey as the guest-host relationship played a dominant part in ancient Greece. ... The different ways that Telemachos and Odysseus are treated throughout their journeys displays the positive and negative types of xenia. The Odyssey begins 20 years after Odysseus has left Ithaca. ... (Book IX P.146 Lines 369-370) Homer's Odyssey gives us several examples of the guest-host relationship that took place in ancient Greece. Every individual interpreted the concept of xenia his own way....

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The epic hero, Odysseus in the Odyssey truly portrays the values of a people in a number of different ways. ... Being religious, sacrificing animals to please the gods and xenia (hospitality to strangers and friends) were things that the early Greeks valued as showed in The Odyssey. ... Another thing that Greeks valued was xenia, or hospitality to strangers and friends. There are many examples of xenia in The Odyssey, but one is when Kirke let Odysseus and his men stay with her for a long time. ... In conclusion, Homer's The Odyssey showed the values of a people in the early Greek civil...

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In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus portrays the perfect Homeric hero in possessing all the defining traits of an admirable hero and leader. ... His personal flaws and errors in his transgressions that bring about the tribulations in the Odyssey epic depict a human being instead of a god, making his many heroic successes and triumphs even more admirable. ... The Odyssey continues to exemplify his heroic traits in the epic of his homecoming. ... His respect for the gods and xenia, overall loyalty to his wife and kingdom, as well as his glorified heroic defeats make Odysseus a well-rounded ...

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It is the way other people perceive your character that identifies who you truly are as a person. Homer's, The Odyssey, tells the story of a man, Odysseus, who has been stranded on an island, prohibiting him from his safe arrival home from the Trojan War. The brave soldier is now trying to return ho...

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In The Odyssey the poet Homer explores the theme of a civilized society and hospitality or xenia through many of the adventures and characters that Odysseus encounters on his journey home. ... The Odyssey. ...

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