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Value Of Odysseus

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One key value that is highlighted by the actions and words of characters in book 7 is Alconous ' kindness towards Odysseus and giving him a way to return home safely. He humbly accepts him into the palace and doesn 't think anything of it. He is very kind to Odysseus when he "took the hand of Odysseus, the cunning hero, and raised him from the fireside and had him sit on a polished chair from which he asked his son Laodamas to rise" (7.177-180). Odysseus tells him that he is hungry and deserves food for all that he has been through. The hall praised him and "they had poured libations and drunk to their heart 's content"(7.243-244). Once they are finished drinking and eating, Alcinous asks him who he is and where does he come from. Odysseus

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