This is evidence that the Cyclops had no intension of showing hospitality. Instead of the Cyclops feeding and showering his guests with gifts, he rather eats Odysseus's men, and he threatens to eat more. The Cyclops exhibits that he is uncivilized and does not 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 was king of all wind. Aiolos was kind to Odysseus and his crew. "Here we lodged in the town and palace, one full month while Aiolos played host (X: 14-15). " Odysseus is implying that Aiolos has let him in his house for quite a while, and Aiolos is showing proper Xenia by fulfilling his host duties. Aiolos's Xenia is honored because he went above and beyond looking after Odysseus and his men. When it came time for Odysseus and his men to leave the island, Aiolos took his hosting to another level when he gives Odysseus a bag of wind since Aiolos is king of all wind. The wind was to transport Odysseus and his men straight to their homeland, Ithaka. Aiolos's proper xenia shows that as a host you go beyond measures to ensure that your guest taken care of inside and outside of the home. Sadly, as Odysseus and his crew were sailing home, the men got to the bag of wind, but they thought it was a bag full of treasure and gold. Odysseus never told them what the bag was filled with. He fell weary and fell asleep so he could not stop them. As the wind escaped the bag, it brought them back to the island of Aiolos.