χαῖρε, ξεῖνε, παρ᾽ ἄμμι φιλήσεαι: αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
δείπνου πασσάμενος μυθήσεαι ὅττεό σε χρή. (Od. 1.123-124)
Hail, stranger! in our house you shall find entertainment, and then, when
you have tasted food, you shall tell what you have need of.
這幾行字很窩心!
Telemachus招呼雅典娜，第一，他會熱情招待客人 (φιλήσεαι/φιλέω) treat affectionately or kindly, esp. welcome, entertain
a guest，友善的態度十分重要；第二，他會提供食物給出外人，因為古代食物取得不易，出門在外常常餓肚子，給客人吃飽，也是慣例；第三，吃飽後，他會熱心問客人需要怎樣協助。這就是古希臘的待客之道。古希臘人認為宙斯會保護出外人，若不進待客之道會招到宙斯 嚴懲，下面的圖說明此理念。
同樣地，當奧德修斯漂泊異鄉，也是因為他人展現類似的待客之道，所以他得以存活!
下圖資料: Jupiter and Mercurius in the House
of Philemon and Baucis (1630–33) by the workshop of Rubens: Zeus (Jupiter) and
Hermes (Mercurius), testing a
village’s practice of hospitality, were received only by Baucis and Philemon,
who were rewarded while their neighbors were punished.
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