... wronged. To acknowledge the importance of a major principle in ancient Greek culture, the purpose of this essay is to examine the role 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 ... reunited with Odysseus. This shows how hospitality benefits those who honor it throughout the epic. In addition to the moral of the epic rewarding those who honor hospitality, many lesser characters who exhibit hospita...

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