The Importance Of Hospitality In The Odyssey

In The Odyssey the reader learns about what the Greek people valued by learning that they valued hospitality no matter who you are, and lineage. The story shows the reader that if someone is found in a situation in which they do not know someone, the host should be hospitable and help the stranger with what he or she needs. Also, the idea that where someone comes from, who their father is , and who is their family is determines how they should act and what they are like. The Odyssey Shows many examples of these ideas in the text, by making the characters experience these situations.
Hospitality is shown as valued in The Odyssey by making Telemachus and Odysseus go from island to island meeting strangers, that take them in no matter who they