Kleos- a Greek earns kleos by carrying out great deeds. Kelos is what people have heard about you.
Xenia in the Odyssey:
- Xenia towards Telemachus-
- Nestor-
- Nestor allows Telemachus to stay with him for a night.
- Nestor invited Telemachus to join him and his sons at the banquet.
- Nestor makes drink offerings to Athene.
- After Nestor offers the xenia to Telemachus he asks him who his friends are and where he comes from.
- Nestor then tell Telemachus a story about the Trojan war.
- Nestor then allowed Telemachus to stay overnight in his palace.
- Nestor then give Telemachus a chariot and his son, Pesistratus who is to accompany him to Spata, to Menelaus and Helen's palace.
- Menelaus and Helen-
- Menelaus' squire Eteoneous has bad xenia as he is against Telemachus and Pesistratus coming into the palace and refuses to tie the horses up.
- Menelaus offers good xenia, he greets the guests and sits them down to have a meal with himself and Helen.
- Menelaus begins to tell Telemachus about the Trojan war and how women cannot be trusted.
- Menelaus tells Telemachus he looks just like Odysseus which is when Telemachus tells him he is truly the son of Odysseus.
- After they have spoken more, Telemachus spends a night in the palace. In the morning Menelaus says he will put him up for twelve more days so he can then have glorious gifts off of him.
- Menelaus gave Telemachus a mixing bowl of wrought which was handcrafted by Hephaestus.
- Xenia towards Odysseus-
- Calypso-
- Calypso lets Odysseus go when the gods tell her that he needs to go.
- She feeds Odysseus and lets him sleep with her.
- She provides him with the materials to make his raft.
- She sends him off with a favourable wind.
- The Phaeacians-
- They listen to Odysseus' stories.
- They let Odysseus stay in the palace
- They feast with Odysseus.
- They tell Odysseus about their stories and their bard Demodocus sings songs with his lyre.
- They allow Odysseus to compete in the Phaeacian games.
- Circe-
- Circe feasts with Odysseus and feeds him crew members every night which they stay.
- Circe allows Odysseus to sleep with her.
- Circe listens to Odysseus' stories which he tells her.
- She lets him leave when he wants to.
- Eumaeus-
- Eumaeus lets the beggar Odysseus to stay with him even though he isnt dressed like one of the Ithacans which would be more acceptable.
- Eumaeus takes Odyssues to town to make sure he knows where he is going.
- He does as Telemachus tells him to do, go to town and talk to Penelope.
- He allows Odysseus to stay with him even though Odysseus says that he can leave if he is too much hastle.
- Eumaeus defends Odysseus when the cowheard Melanthius, attacks him.
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