Jackson Roderick
8th Grade Fitz English
Section One
Odyssey Paragraph
11/17/2013
Xenia
“In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.”
Hospitality is an ocurrying thing in everyday life. In the book, The Odyssey, by Homer, Hospitality is brought to new life as character upon characters are welcomed by feasts and gatherings. Hospitality is a great theme in the Odyssey and is an important one. Without kindness in the world we as humans would not be able to survive. In the book the Odyssey the theme hospitality is brought to new life. In this scene Nestor’s son Pisistratus is welcoming the guests and seating them down at a feast and having the stranger dine with them.
“He gave them a share of innards, poured some wine in a golden cup and, Lifting it warmly toward Athena, Daughter of Zeus whose shield is storm and thunder, Greeted the goddess now with invitation”
[The Odyssey book 3 line 45-48]
Like I have said before the theme Xenia (hospitality) is a major theme in the book Odyssey. There are so many examples in every book that can show Xenia. To me the theme Xenia means a lot to me because it is a way in life and is used so beautifully in the Odyssey. Every time I see a quote or an example in the Odyssey it is used with so much detail and feels like they are trying to say something. I think that it is an essential part of what the Odyssey is all about. Without the Xenia in the Odyssey to me it would be dull. It is a major piece to the puzzle in the book.
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