“Above all, love each other deeply, for love covers a multitude of sins. “Extend hospitality to one another without complaining” (1 Peter 4:8-9). Hospitality can lead to a path of happiness and joy when it follows. In Homer's epic The Odyssey, Xenia is an important factor in the most important character's journey home. Xenia's role in the Odyssey when followed can be very beneficial and when unfollowed, deadly. By respecting Xenia, Telemakhos and Odysseus take great steps towards regaining power from the suitors of Ithaca. In Telemakhia, Telemakhos undertakes his own journey using Xenia to get closer to his father, Odysseus. During Odysseus' absence, Telemakhos welcomes a stranger (Athena) into his home: “Greetings, Stranger! Welcome to our party. You will have time to tell your mission later” (I. 156-158). Welcoming Athena into the house was the best favor Telemakhos could offer, leading to blessings later. After staying with King Nestor for some time, Telemakhos realizes that he must leave and is rewarded for his stay with Nestor: “Lord son of Atreus, no, you must not keep me. Not that a year with you would be too long; I could never get homesick here - I find your stories and everything you say so wonderful. But time weighs heavily on the hands of my shipmates at Holy Pylos, if you make me stay. As for your gift, now, let it be a few dungeons (IV. 635-640). Telemakhos was greatly welcomed by King Nestor and his palace, later working greatly to Telemakhos' advantage: "When they saw the strangers/a hail came up and all this crowd came forward/calling out invitations to the feast" ( III. Telemakhos is rewarded with new crew members and a ship to find Oysseus. Odysseus returns home to Ithaca, stopping...... middle of paper ......tors. Antinous is angry when beggars come to the palace and he treats them badly: “You pig farmer, why bring this man here? Are we not prey enough to beggars, foragers and these rats? You think the company is too slow to gobble up your lord's assets... is that it? So you called this scarecrow? (XVII. 491-497). Antinoos shows no hospitality or sensitivity towards those less fortunate than himself, proving his lack of knowledge towards Xenia. Finally, when Odysseus returns to Ithaca, he ensures that each suitor pays for the trouble they have caused to his palace: “You yellow dogs thought that I would one day return from the land of Troy. You have plundered my house, you have twisted my maids to serve your beds. You dared to bid on my wife while I was alive, regardless of what people will say about you later. Your last hour has come. You die in blood. (XXII 37-43)