... know good Xenia. Odysseus prevails and blinds the Cyclops in order for him and his men to escape, but it upsets Poseidon which is a god and also father of the Cyclops. When bad Xenia occurs it seems as though the guest and host suffer some consequences because now the Cyclops has cursed Odysseus and the Cyclops is still left with a blind eye. Opposed to the Cyclops showing bad Xenia, there are sectors of the Odyssey where ... there is proper Xenia. After Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops, they sail to the island of Aiolos, who ... ...

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... he struggles to maintain order in his father's household while still conducting himself as an honorable leader in Ithaca. Displaying xenia in this society was the only accepted code of moral conduct and was regarded as the golden rule of civility. In the insecure world of The Odyssey, hospitality, or lack of it in some cases, prove to be essential to not only Odysseus" return to Ithaca ... civility is immediately put into question. As a result of their disregard for the traditional hospitality standards, both Odysseus and the gods immediately seek revenge and eventually take the lives o...

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