The karma of hospitality
o1 a Narrator: “Odysseus’ crewmen ate Helios’
oxen, out of folly;
o b Helios destroyed them” (7-9)
o2 a Zeus: “Mortals commit acts of folly
o b and so they suffer unduly; just
as
o3 a Aegisthus killed Agamemnon, unduly, took
his wife,
o b and was killed by Agamemnon’s son”
(32-43)
o4 a Athena: “May anyone who does such
things
o b perish” (47)
o5 a Zeus: “Odysseus often remembered the
immortals;
o b how could I forget Odysseus?
o6 a But Odysseus blinded Polyphemus;
o b Poseidon, without killing him, delays his
return” (64-75)
o7 a Athena: “Suitors now woo Odysseus’ wife and
eat his cattle” (88-92)
o b ?