Hospitality paper

	A great example of common hospitality in Grecian times would be how Odysseus was treated when he had approached the king of the Aeolian islands and treated to a feast, honored and given many gifts (Bewitching the Queens of Aeaea). This would be extremely odd nowadays, as the primary reason back then was much different. In ancient Greece, people were taught to treat all with extreme hospitality, as they very well could be a god in disguise attempting to test your hospitality. It is much different in modern society, hospitality is much harder to come by, as many people are merely regarded as strangers that could very possibly be dangerous or hostile in any manner it forces everyone to view strangers are possible enemies. I certainly am not arguing this idea, but merely giving display as to how it makes things much less hospitable in modern day society, though hospitality surely does still exist in our modern day world. You can go to any shelter, government station or area in which help is given and get whatever you would need to get started with life.
	The original reason of trying to prove to the gods that you were truly a nice person dissolved with their religion, and even though religions promote hospitality, they are so varied and there are so many dangers in modern day life that hospitality is a common thing to be shown, just not on the same level that it was in Ancient Greece. On a personal note, I’ve noticed that people are much more hospitable and much more likely to converse with and assist each other in North Florida (Or the general south) than here in the north and I’ve always wondered why, perhaps it has to do with the cultural connotations left here by the British and French, known for not being the most hospitable where as the south was culturally influenced by the Germans and Irish more than the French and British.
	In conclusion, hospitality is still well and alive, doing well by far but it requires much more than we give it today. True hospitality requires opening your life for someone in need, and trusting that they will be safe with you, and being safe if you are the one requesting. Hospitality is nowhere near what it was with the ancient Greeks, but perhaps, one day, we will resume the grand, old ways.