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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Political Ideology and Other Factors Leading to the Holocaust & WWII Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2 Political Ideology………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………3 Government Economies Fascism……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………5 Socially Economical Origin Nazism……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………6 Economically Socially Foreign Influences and the Military Time Line of Key Events Leading to the Holocaust………………………………………………
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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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CHAPTER OVERVIEW Hospitality is one of the world’s most exciting and rewarding industries. If you choose it for your career‚ you will select from a wide variety of employers‚ locations‚ and daily job activities that can lead to your success and personal satisfaction. In this chapter‚ you will review some important ways in which the hospitality industry is unique. You will also learn the definition of accounting and how accounting helps managers like you use financial information to make good
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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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Culture‚ Hospitality and Tourism The word “culture” cannot be defined with a precise and singular definition. In fact‚ Raymond Williams‚ a leading cultural theorist‚ pointed out “Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language” (Williams 1983:87). There are more than one hundred definitions of culture depending upon the various academic disciplines‚ ranging from literacy studies to anthropology and sociology. Different scholars have different views about what
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The Hospitality Industry - a massive expansion of joy-bringing and inspired ideals that are present in different variations across the globe! There are so many adjectives you can use to describe the different facets of this incredible industry; some may be exotic and thrilling‚ while others are simply relaxing and luxurious! You really can not go wrong in this industry‚ and after all what ’s not to love? That is why I‚ having stumbled my way blindly into the hospitality experience‚ am not going to
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Organization‚ international tourism is expected to grow at an average of 4.1 percent though 2020‚ ending with a total of 1.6 billion tourists traveling worldwide.” [1] Therefore there are a lot of opportunities for the hospitality industry to improve. In these years‚ the hospitality industry had a huge improvement‚ and many top companies are looking for the new marketing in the emerging economies‚ such as Carlson‚ Hyatt‚ and Hilton. “Our Ambition 2015 strategy entails growing our hotel portfolio by
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