... that hospitality plays in The Odyssey. Gestures of hospitality in The Odyssey were used as an instrument to tell the reader who were the protagonists and who were the antagonists. None of the antagonists in the story ever exhibited any form of hospitality towards Odysseus or Telemachus. One such example of this is the first encounter that the reader faces between Odysseus ... law of cordiality, loses many of his prized sheep, as well as his vision for the remainder of his life. Furthermore, to find an example of a lack of hospitality indicating antagonists in the story of Telemachus, on...

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... . Odysseus' release from the confinements of Calypso marks the beginning of his infamous quest into blatant and perilous danger. Odysseus" antagonist is the series of trials, inflicted by many individual antagonists. In order to successfully return home and regain his rightful place, he must overcome each of them. The god of the sea, Poseidon, keeps Odysseus wandering for ten weary years ... ...

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