... Guest-gifts XXI. Departure meal XXII. Departure libation XXIII. Farewell blessing XXIV. Departure omen and interpretation XXV. Escort to visitor's next destination (Source: Reece, 6-7) In fact, Steve Reece notes that Homer's Odyssey contains twelve elaborate hospitality scenes and the Iliad has four (5). Speaking of hospitality, Agathe Thornton says this "social institution is one of the most important themes- (38). To appreciate ... whom he hates, further angers Achilles and these elements would not be appropriate for this scene's ending. In Book IX of Odyssey, a sudden shift from uphold...

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