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The Odyssey: Symbolism and Making Predictions, Part 5

Question 9 • AZ-English Language Arts 9 A-CR

Which excerpt from The Odyssey demonstrate the importance of hospitality in Greek society?

Answer
A
Here is a poor man come, a wanderer,driven by want to beg his bread, and everyonein hall gave bits, to cram his bag—onlyAntinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder
B
“Suppose Athena’s arm is over us, and Zeusher father’s, must I rack my brains for more?”
C
“The cruel belly, can you hide its ache?How many bitter days it brings!”
D
Odysseus only shook his head, containingthoughts of bloody work, as he walked on,then sat, and dropped his loaded bag againupon the door sill.

Explanation

Hospitality in Greek society meant welcoming and providing for guests, especially strangers in need. In choice A, people in the hall give the wandering beggar food, showing this custom; Antinous’s act of striking him is presented as a violation of it. The other excerpts focus on divine protection, hunger, or Odysseus’s anger rather than hospitality.

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