Was Odysseus Honorable

If you were to have a foreign exchange student would you openly take them in to stay with you and feed them? Well that was what the Greeks thought was honorable in their culture. Whether it was a king or a beggar they would be accepted in and treated as a guest in the same ways. Most Greeks were very honorable and would accept whomever would arrive to their living state. In addition the odyssey, Odysseus has people who openly take him in and people who are keen on throwing him out or in some cases even trying to kill him. In this paper I will go over some cases where Odysseus is accepted as a guest and treated with respect and where Odysseus is neglected to be a guest and tried to be harmed.

Polyphemus, the ginormous man, The giant. Polyphemus did not take kindly to the fact that Odysseus and all his men had arrived at his
When Odysseus returned to Ithaca he wanted to see his son so was dressed as a beggar all by himself looking poor hungry and like he has no hope but Telemachus found the hospitality and and respect to take Odysseus into the warmth of a shelter, gave him good, and offered him a place to eat and sleep. Telemachus was interested in talking with Odysseus so after a bit he learned the beggar was Odysseus and it was a special moment because Odysseus changed forms with the help of Athena and the two men had been finally reconnected with each other and they hugged for hours.
Greek hospitality is a very big subject in the odyssey, it focus on respect and taking in someone even if you don't know them, but accepting them as a guest through the kindness of your heart. These good and bad examples show ways in which hospitality throughout Greece and the odyssey is used. This pretty much sums up the subject for Greek hospitality and how it contributed to the odyssey so as always, have a good