Hospitality: Odysseus & Polyphemus Portal: Seeking Wisdom Amanda Conley Salve Regina University Hospitality: Odysseus & Polyphemus Good hospitality is an expected practice in Greek culture. The King of gods‚ Zeus‚ supports proper hospitality. “Zeus of the Strangers guards all guests and suppliants: strangers are sacred—Zeus will avenge their rights!” (Odyssey‚ 9.304-5) The encounter between Odysseus and Polyphemus‚ also known as “the Cyclops”‚ showed a great example of poor hospitality
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Hospitality can be defined as the practice of entertaining strangers graciously. It was a very important trait in Biblical times. In the New Testament‚ the Greek word translated as hospitality literally means “love of strangers.” In the Old Testament‚ Abraham was the host to angels unaware; he invited strangers into his house‚ washed their feet‚ prepared fresh meat‚ had Sarah bake bread‚ and later accompanied them as they left (Genesis 18: 1-15). Even today a traditional greeting by Bedouin people
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In The Odyssey by Homer‚ hospitality is honored by many‚ such as Nestor and Penelope‚ however‚ there are still some people and creatures who do not show hospitality‚ like Polyphemus. Hospitality is the act of honoring a stranger‚ rather it’s a wealthy traveler or a poor person‚ by comforting and aiding him or her. Usually‚ you are required to bring the person into your house and give him something to eat and a place to rest. Showing honor to your guest is an act of loyalty to Zeus‚ however‚ the traveler
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QUALITY OF HOSPITALITY SERVICE A CHALLENGE Delivering quality service will be one of the major challenges facing hospitality managers in the opening years of the next millennium. It will be an essential condition for success in the emerging‚ keenly competitive‚ global hospitality markets. While the future importance of delivering quality hospitality service is easy to discern and to agree on‚ doing so presents some difficult and intriguing management issues. Since the delivery of hospitality service
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Hospitality is one of the most important themes in Homer’s The Odyssey‚ and the Phaeacians seem to be among the more hospitable people that Odysseus meets. Among the other people that Odysseus encounters are Aeolus‚ Polyphemus‚ Eumaeus‚ and the suitors. Most of the people he meets are generally pretty hospitable‚ due to the fear of Zeus punishing them. “Jove [Zeus] takes all respectable travelers under his protection”-Eumaeus This rule is called xenia‚ meaning the mutual “friendship” between the
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traveler up to many dangers while making their way to their destination‚ such as mugging‚ murder‚ not being able to find nutrition‚ or not having a place to stay. To avoid these hardships‚ almost every Greek abided by the concept of hospitality. In The Iliad‚ hospitality was shown when Achilles accepted the heralds into his camp‚ when the story of Bellerophon and Oeneus
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Study of Tourism‚ Hospitality and Event Nowadays‚ with the rapid development of economy‚ tourism‚ hospitality and event industries are faced with more opportunities‚ but more challenges as well‚ such as the more competitive market and similar industries‚ personalized customer demands and higher service qualities requirements and so on. Therefore‚ studying and understanding the three industries‚ discovering the interrelated nature of them and the way they promote each other will contribute to promoting
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Finance in Hospitality Management Course: HND in Hospitality Management Module Tutor: Student: 1.1 What are the main sources of finance to a business? Classify them according to short-term and long-term categories
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Business Across Culture Week 3 Learning Journal Hospitality Across Culture Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. When coming to another country‚ we always want to make a good impression to the native people like showing them our hospitality. But sometimes‚ because of different culture our hospitality is considered as offence.So what should we do in this case? In case study‚ a typical situation
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comparative study of Hospitality Education in India" By Mr.Manoj Patkar HOD & Assoc.Prof. – Food Production TABLE OF CONTENTS SR.NO. CONTENTS PAGE NO. 1 Table of Contents 1 2 Abstract‚ Objective & Research Problem 2 3 Introduction 3 4 Review of Literature & Data Collection 4 & 5 5 Data Analysis 5 & 6 6 Data Interpretation 6 7 Findings & Conclusion 7 8 Suggestion 8 9 Bibliography 9 & 10 ABSTRACT This research looks at the existing standard of hospitality institutes curriculum
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