A_Lavishing_Welcome--_Odyssey

A Lavishing Welcome-- Odyssey A Lavishing Welcome For years hospitality has played a huge role in the lives of many, whether they be travelers or not. Through Homer’s The Odyssey this statement proves to be true; hospitality affects the travels of Odysseus throughout the entire work, both to his benefit and not. Many types of hosts are presented throughout this novel, some differing greatly, but they all have an effect on Odysseus in some way. From the start of the story you get a sense of how travelers are treated in most places. When we first meet Odysseus he is being treated as a king in the land of the Phaeacians. The Phaeacians were the perfect hosts to Odysseus giving him all that he needed and helping him along his way. They sat listening to the tale of his journey for quite some time and immediately offered to help him find his way back to Ithaca. This is what every traveler hopes to come across when finding themselves stuck in an unfamiliar area. Unfortunately for Odysseus this wasn’t always the case. Some of the hosts Odysseus came across seemed wonderful and welcoming on the outside, but in odysseus, home, host, hospitality, calypso, life, hosts, hospitable, way, perfect, journey, didn’t, treated, throughout, role, quite, needed, ithaca, helped, everyone, circe, being, across, years, year, wonderful, while, whenever, very, unfortunately, treat, travelers, took, time, suitors, rude, polyphemus, played, phaeacians, penelope, out, open, men, made, lost, let, leave, lavishing, land