The Greek Guide to Etiquette.

2. “But if you decide it is more profitaBle and Better to go on,
eating up one man‟s livelihood, without payment, then spoil my
house” –Book I, Line 376.
“all their days, they come and loiter in our house and sacrifice
our oxen and our sheep and our fat goats and make a holiday
feast of it and drink the bright wine recklessly. Most of our
substance is wasted.” –Book 2, Lines 50-58.

3. Do not make your guest wait on
you to welcome them.
“the heart within him scandalized that a guest should
still be standing at the doors. He stood beside her and
took her by the right hand, and relieved her of the
Bronze spear” – Book I, Lines 118-124

4. gift givng. don‟t allow your guests to
simply leave without a gift!
“..go back to your ship with a present, something
prized, altogether fine, which will be your
keepsake from me, what loving guests and hosts
bestow on each other” Book 1 lines 311-313

5. Praise the gods and
goddesses!
“my guest, make your prayer now to the lord poseidon....all men
need the gods. Hear us, Poseidon, who encircle the earth, and do
not begrudge us the accomplishment of all these actions for
which we pray you.” -Book II Start: Line 43

6. Make sacrifices to the gods
for they are great.
Pylos... where the people lined the
beaches, sacrificing sleek black bulls to
Poseidon, god of the sea blue mane who shakes
the earth. -Book III, Line 5

7. Do Not Blame or challenge a god for something
you have caused yourself, because They can
control anything.
“oh for shame, how the mortals put the Blame upon us gods, for they say
evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness
win sorrow Beyond what is given..” –Book I, Lines 32-34
“never once did the wind fail, once the god had set it blowing.”-3.182-183)

8. Strangers are the same as any other guests.
Welcome them and provide for them your
consent.
“just think of all the hospitality we enjoyed at the hands of
other men before we made it home, and god save us from such hard
treks in years to come. Quick, unhitch their team. And bring them
in, strangers, guests, to share our flowing feast.”
–Book 4, Lines 38-42

9. Do Not Speak falsely to anyone
especially to those who are hosting you!
„as for that other one, i will not tell you the
whole story whether he lives or has died. It is
Bad to BaBBle emptily.‟ (4.836-837)

10. Welcome your guest to bathe, and
enjoy the condiments with you!
“a maidservant Brought water for them and poured it from a splendid
and golden pitcher, holding it above a silver basin for them to wash.. A
gave housekeeper brought in the bread and served it to them adding
many good things to it, generous with her provisions, while a carver
lifted platters of all kinds of meat and set them in front of them, and
placed them the golden goblets, and a herald, going back and fourth,
poured the wine for them..” –Book I, Line 136-143

11. Question your guest after you
care for them and feed them!
Afterward, when you have tasted
dinner, you shall tell us what your
need is.-Book I, Line 123

12. Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Richard
Lattimore. New York:
HarperColllins Publishers,
1967. Print.