... accommodate his guests. Only the poor or uncivilized could not accommodate guests. The richest and most prestigious of Homeric society gave the best food and most expensive parting gifts. Giving good hospitality was the best thing ancient Greeks could do to please the gods. Among all cultural elements of ancient Greek society embodied in the Odyssey, hospitality was probably the most prominent ... ...

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