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What do we learn of the concepts of Xeniaand Justice within the first Four books of the Odyssey?
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Jordan Anderson 12NCR What do we learn of the concepts of Xenia and Justice within the first Four books of the Odyssey? The subjects of both Xenia and Justice were important ones in ancient Greece, and to reflect just how seriously they were taken Homer makes a lot of references to them in "The Odyssey." The definition and customs of Xenia are strange concepts to a modern audience of the epic, however to a Greek listening to the story at the time the custom of Xenia would have been second nature. It involved the conduct between suppliants and their hosts, this conduct was taken very seriously as it was over seen by the head god Zeus. Its rules state that people should allow guests in when they come to the door requesting help, he must be feed and watered before being questioned. However not all the rules are directed towards the...
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