Xenia

• Book 1 -> Gods observe the laws of xenia


  “So the feast went on, all day until sundown” ->Hephaestus resolved the argument between Hera and Zeus by offering wine and food
• Book 6 -> Xenia goes back generations


  “Surely your family and mine are linked by old-establishing ties” -> shows the importance of lineage in Greek culture
• Book 6 -> Xenia can make mutual respect between enemies


  “so let us avoid each others spears even in the tumult of battle” -> the laws of Xenia is observed even in war between enemies
• Xenia definition

  an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'