Chant VI

– Alas! What men should inhabit this land that I have come? Will they be violent, savage and unjust, or hospitable and fearful of the gods? 
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-Stop! Where do you flee? Do you think perhaps that this man is an enemy? There never will be a terrible mortal who comes to harass the land of the Phaeacians as they want them to much immortal. We live separately and tousled sea surrounds us; are the last men, and no other mortal we have trade with us. This is a lost and unhappy that comes necessary succo, for all strangers and poor are Zeus and a meager gift that they do is they pleased. So slaves, give her food and drink to a stranger and wash in the river, in a place that is sheltered from the wind.

Odyssey, Chant VI. (translated on google)

In our century hospitality has been displaced by the hostality, when we find the word in print or hear in someone’s mouth, always appears in the context of the commercial bid: whether the vacation package, hotel service or treatment we dispense the stewardess. Hospitality has become a commodity, certainly a luxury, a service provided when paying by cash o, better yet, when it is guaranteed with a signed voucher credit card. In this world of economic exchange were unprotected if we lack the shield of American Express or MasterCard. Our only safeguard is the balance of our plastic.

Héctor Zagal and Julian Etienne , On Hospitality